How Healthy Foods May Hurt Youwith JJ

Virgin, CNS, BCHN, EP-C

What you'll learn from this expert talk:
 7 most common inflammatory foods
 How to make healthy food swaps
 Food reactions to look for when reintroducing foods

JJ Virgin, CNS, BCHN, EP-C

Triple-board certified nutrition expert and Fitness Hall of Famer JJ Virgin is a passionate
advocate of eating and exercising smarter. JJ helps people stay fired up and healthy as they age,
so they feel the best they ever have at age 40+.

JJ is a prominent TV and media personality, whose previous features include co-host of TLC’s
Freaky Eaters, two years as the on-camera nutritionist for Weight Loss Challenges on Dr. Phil
and numerous other appearances. She also speaks regularly and has shared the stage with
notables including Seth Godin, Lisa Nichols, Gary Vaynerchuk, Mark Hyman, Dan Buettner and
Mary Morrissey. 

JJ is the author of four New York Times bestsellers: The Virgin Diet, The Virgin Diet Cookbook,
JJ Virgin’s Sugar Impact Diet and JJ Virgin’s Sugar Impact Diet Cookbook. Her latest book,
Warrior Mom: 7 Secrets to Bold, Brave Resilience, shows caregivers everywhere how to be
strong, positive leaders for their families, while exploring the inspirational lessons she learned as
she fought for her own son’s life. 

JJ hosts the popular Ask the Health Expert podcast and regularly writes for Rodale Wellness,
Mind Body Green and other major blogs and magazines. She is also a business coach and the
founder of The Mindshare Summit. Visit her website for hundreds of free recipes and resources,
plus state-of-the-art programs, products and plenty of support to help you build your dream life.

Toxic Mold as a Cause of Chronic Painwith

Bridgit Danner, LAc, FDNP
What you'll learn from this expert talk:
 What is the connection between mold exposure and chronic pain?
 Symptoms of mold exposure
  Testing options and toxic mold recovery strategies  

Bridgit Danner, LAc, FDNP

Bridgit Danner has been a licensed acupuncturist since 2004 and a certified functional diagnostic
nutrition practitioner since 2015. She ran a busy, integrative medicine clinic for ten years and has
done over 12,000 treatments in her career. After losing everything to toxic mold, she now
educates about toxins and how to detoxify with a functional healthcare approach through her
website’s online community. She is the founder of HormoneDetoxShop.com, an online specialty
supplement store, and the founder of Functional Detox Products, a mold-specific detox
supplement line.

Become Pain-Free by Living Lighterwith

Heather Aardema, NBC-HWC, FMCHC
What you'll learn from this expert talk:
 Defining mind, body and home clutter
 Connection between disorganization and stress
 4-step process for reducing clutter  

Heather Aardema, NBC-HWC, FMCHC

Heather Aardema is a National Board and Functional Medicine Certified Health Coach. She is
the founder of School of Living Lighter, a weight loss methodology grounded in minimalism,
functional medicine and cognitive behavior. By releasing the clutter in their minds, bodies and
homes, her clients are actively living lighter as they tackle their clutter, uncomplicate their lives
and lose weight for good. She's been featured on popular wellness and minimalism platforms
such as No Sidebar, Minimalism Life, Becoming Minimalist, Optimal Living Daily and Optimal
Health Daily. Explore her DIY courses, monthly membership and private coaching for your
lightest self yet.

Ketosis and Fasting for Pain Reliefwith Ben

Azadi
What you'll learn from this expert talk:
  How to use ancient healing strategies 
 Role of heavy metals in pain and inflammation
 Benefits of gratitude (vitamin G)   

Ben Azadi
In 2008, Ben Azadi went through a personal health transformation of shredding 80 pounds of
pure fat. Ever since, he has been on a mission to help one billion people live a healthier lifestyle.
He is the author of four best-selling books, Keto Flex, The Perfect Health Booklet, The
Intermittent Fasting Cheat Sheet and The Power of Sleep. As a go-to source for intermittent
fasting and the ketogenic diet, Azadi is known as “The Health Detective” because he investigates
dysfunction, and educates, not medicates, to bring the body back to normal function. He is the
founder of Keto Kamp, a global brand bringing awareness to ancient healing strategies such as
the keto diet and fasting, and is host of The Keto Kamp Podcast, the Keto Kamp YouTube
channel with over 130,000 subscribers, and the Keto Kamp TikTok channel with over 200,000
subscribers and over 30 million video downloads.

Why ALL Grains Can Cause Painwith Peter

Osborne, DC, DACBN, PScD
What you'll learn from this expert talk:
 Why food has the power to harm or heal
 Inflammatory compounds found in all grains
 7 healing strategies   

Peter Osborne, DC, DACBN, PScD

Dr. Peter Osborne is a doctor of chiropractic, a doctor of pastoral science, an expert in functional
nutrition, and is board certified with The American Clinical Board of Nutrition. Oftentimes
referred to as “The Gluten Free Warrior," he is an internationally sought-after alternative
practitioner and nutritional expert, and has had the honor and privilege of sharing the stage with
some of the world's most well known and internationally recognized health experts. A leading
authority on gluten sensitivity, he lectures nationally to both the public as well as doctors on this
and many other nutrition-related topics. 

Dr. Osborne is the founder of GlutenFreeSociety.org and the author of The Gluten Free Health
Solution and The Glutenology Health Matrix, a series of digital videos and eBooks designed to
help educate the world about gluten. He is also the author of the international best-selling book
No Grain No Pain, which has been printed in five languages and turned into a PBS special. He
founded, financed and hosted The Autoimmune Revolution I & II, and has been a featured expert
in a number of documentaries, including Betrayal, Autoimmune Secrets Revealed and the Netflix
series Afflicted. He was invited to speak at the Harvard Faculty Club with functional medicine
advocate, New York Times best-selling author and TV icon Suzanne Somers, and has also been
featured in a number of media outlets and nationally recognized publications.

Dr. Osborne has served as the executive director and the vice president for the American Clinical
Board of Nutrition, was an adjunct professor of nutrition and neurophysiology at HCC and Texas
Women's University,  and currently serves on the advisory board for Functional Medicine
University.
 

Food Ingredients Linked to Painwith Mira

Dessy, NE, BCHHP
What you'll learn from this expert talk:
 Why reading food labels is so important
 Common ingredients that cause inflammation
 Connection between micronutrient deficiency and pain  

Mira Dessy, NE, BCHHP

Mira Dessy, aka The Ingredient Guru, is a holistic nutrition professional, author and popular
public speaker. She knows that it's not just what you eat, but what's in what you eat. 

Dessy is a board-certified holistic health practitioner who has been helping clients for over 15
years to find nourishing solutions for their chronic health issues. She is a member of the National
Association of Nutrition Professionals, the Society for Nutrition Education and Behavior and the
American Association of Drugless Practitioners. Additionally, she is on the board of directors for
the American Holistic Health Association and is a member of the Professional Advisory Board
for the Turner Syndrome Society.

The Power of Intermittent Fastingwith

Cynthia Thurlow, NP
What you'll learn from this expert talk:
  Calm inflammation and pain
 Diet strategies that support healing
 Getting started with intermittent fasting  

Cynthia Thurlow, NP
Cynthia Thurlow is a sought-after and successful entrepreneur, a functional nutrition expert, the
founder of Cynthia Thurlow, LLC, co-author of Primal Eating and podcast co-host of Everyday
Wellness. She's also a TEDx speaker, with her most recent talk on Intermittent Fasting being
viewed 3.4 million times and counting. A frequent contributor to her local ABC affiliate, she is
passionate about helping educate, inspire and empower her patients.

As an advocate for living a fulfilled, healthy and well balanced lifestyle, Thurlow has committed
her career to serving women coming of age, disrupting the notion that “This is just how it is, now
settle and except it” and is leading the way for change. As a part of that endeavor, she takes over
20 years of traditional medical practices, combined with current and progressive functional
nutritional medicinal approaches to truly serve those in need. She selflessly and transparently
shares her own personal experiences of navigating the journey through hormonal imbalances,
peri-menopause and all of the symptoms that plague so many women as a means to connect and
relate to her clients in a raw and authentic way.