Overview
This presentation on functional medicine focuses on the root causes of chronic diseases, contrasting it with conventional symptom-based care. It emphasizes the importance of nutrition, highlighting the need for a balanced diet rich in whole foods, while minimizing ultra-processed foods. The presentation also explores the concepts of healthspan versus lifespan and introduces the "Blue Zones" model of healthy aging. Finally, it offers practical action steps and resources for improving one's health through dietary changes and lifestyle modifications.
Why you should Attend
- 93% of Americans have metabolic dysfunction - are at significant risk for diseases such as hypertension, diabetes, heart disease and stroke.
- 60% of adults have at least ONE chronic disease and 40% have 2 or more. 41% of children have one chronic disease. 1 in 3 children today will develop diabetes in their lifetime.
- Our health system is not a health care system but a sick care system. Our physicians are not trained to teach us to be healthy but to make a diagnosis and figure out what procedure, drug, etc we need to relieve our SYMPTOMS
- We have been told for generations that our genes are our destiny. Many genes that can lead to illness can be turned off by our habits.
- There is a better way of obtaining. regaining and maintaining optimal health using Functional medicine.
Areas Covered in the Session
- What is Functional Medicine
- How it contrast to the traditional medical approach to health and disease taught to most physicians
- What are the pillars of obtaining and maintaining optimal health
- How lifestyle can correct over 70% of our ‘bad’ genes
- The role of nutrition in lifestyle
- The difference and advantages of a long healthspand vs. lifespan
- Practical steps YOU can use to optimize your health through dietary changes
Who Will Benefit
- All People
- Healthcare Workers
Speaker Profile
Dr David Katz a native of Brooklyn NY grew up in Southern New Jersey. He graduated from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and medical school at the University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, TX. and completed his medical training in Michigan. His medical career continued in Canton, OH where he practiced pediatrics from 1981 and Functional Medicine from 2007 until 2013 when he moved to the North Carolina Triangle to be near four of his seven grandchildren and practice medicine. He is currently semi-retired.
He has always believed in the body’s inherent ability to heal and was thrilled to learn of Functional Medicine and the tools used to discover the root cause of chronic disease and help return the body to its optimal state. He has treated many patients utilizing the Functional Medicine approach.
Dr. Katz has been certified in Pediatrics, Functional Medicine and Medical Hypnosis. As of April 2019, he is one of about 50 doubly certified practitioners in Pediatrics and Functional Medicine worldwide.
He has brought his expertise in these areas to many venues and lectures extensively on these topics to diverse audiences.
Instructor
Dr David Katz