For our seventh Future Thought Leaders presentation, in collaboration with the UC San Diego Center for Integrative Nutrition, a panel of experts will discuss the rise in the use of alternative medicine and nutritional healing to treat chronic disease and maintain general well-being.
Confirmed panelists (with more to come):
Dr. John Fagan: Executive Director of Earth Open Source Institute
Zen Honeycutt: Founder and Director of Moms Across America
Stepheni Norton: Co-owner of Dickinson Farm and Farmacy
Sheila Patel: MD, Medical Director, Chopra Center Mind Body Group
Gordon Saxe, MD, PhD: Director, UCSD Center for Integrative Nutrition and Chair of Research, Krupp Endowed Fund
Anita Wilson: Director of the Gerson Institute
13. Gordon Saxe, MD
• Director, Center for Integrative Nutrition,
UCSD
• Research Chair, Krupps Endowed Fund, largest
US endowment in diet/natural medicine in
disease prevention/treatment
• Co-Founder, UCSD Center for Integrative Health
14. Anita Wilson
• Executive Director, The Gerson Institute
• Former leadership positions in education,
community mental health, and children’s
residential treatment
• Experience in agricultural and construction work
across the world
15. Sheila Patel, MD
• Medical Director, Chopra Center Mind Body
Group
• Preventive medicine and mind-body medicine
specialist
• Volunteer Faculty Member, UCSD School of
Medicine
16. Zen Honeycutt
• Founder and Director, Moms Across America
• MAA Motto: Empowered Moms, Healthy Kids
• Film Director, Communities Rising, and Author,
UNSTOPPABLE
17. John Fagan, PhD
• CEO/Chief Scientist, Health Research Institute
• Leading authority on sustainability in the food
and agricultural system on biosafety, food
safety, and authenticity
• PhD, Molecular Biology, Biochemistry & Cell
Biology, Cornell University
18. Stepheni Norton
• Founder/Farmer, Dickinson FarmNational
City, CA
• Entrepreneur, Retired Chief Petty Officer and
decorated Military Veteran
• Dickinson Farmacy collaboration with Chef Ng
55. • Works as a Powerful
Antioxidant
• Boosts Eye Health
• Enhances Immune Function
• Promotes Wound Healing
• Balance Hormones and
Supports Reproductive Health
• Promotes Muscle Growth and
Repair
• Aids in Nutrient Absorption
• Promotes Heart Health
61. The 6 Tastes of Life:
Sweet
Sour
Salty
Pungent
Bitter
Astringent
62.
63.
64. Carlsen, et al. Nutrition Journal 2010,
9:3 doi:10.1186/1475-2891-9-3
Six Tastes—Food Synergy
Antioxidant effects of Triphala
Terminalia chebula--Haritaki
Terminalia bellerica—Bibhitaki
Emblica officinalis—Amalaki
Blackberries
Bilberries
Cascara Sagrada
Ginseng Radix
Amia
Triphala
65. J. Agric. Food Chem 2011 59, 960-968.
Anticancer activity on breast cancer cell
culture of grapes, onions and combination of
the two shows that
WHOLE > SUM OF PART
Med Food 16(12) 2013, 1138-1145.
Antioxidant activity of
combining raspberries with
adzuki beans is more than adding
the activity of each alone.
Food Synergy—Benefits
of food combining
66. Creating health and reversing disease through the
science of nutrition and food as medicine.
PURPOSE
PRIORITIES
INTEGRATIVE HEALTH
Nutritionally-
Centered
Clinical
Research
Culinary
Medicine
Institute
1) Asking the right
questions
2) Incubating solutions
3) Applying scalable technologies
to maximize impact
INTEGRATIVE NUTRITION
68. UCSD Distance Learning Program:
Integrative Nutrition/Food as Medicine
§ for healthcare providers, professional
chefs, and other interested people
§ 140-hour curriculum which meets
continuing education requirements for
medical care providers
§ capstone healing foods 4-day intensive
in San Diego
§ https://extension.ucsd.edu/news-and-
events/extension-blog/april-
2016/cooking-up-a-healthy-life
69. Transparency Drives Change
HRI’s mission: make the invisible visible
Testing:
Reveals
toxins, nutrients.
Communication:
Educates people
re: impacts on health.
People choose:
Pure, Safe, Healthy
Foods & Supplements.
Market Demand
Farmers adopt
regenerative practices
to produce pure, safe,
healthy
Healthy People,
Healthy Planet.
Supply Chain
demands pure,
safe, healthy.