The Role of "Brain Nutrients" in Cognitive Health   

Presentation Description:

The  effects of nutrition on cognitive processes has long been studied. There are newly described influences of key brain nutrients on cognitive function that reveal important mechanisms of action that provide neuronal protection and improve brain metabolism. In this lecture, we will analyze the effects of these vitamins, minerals, herbs, and other nutrients and evaluate how they can be used in clinical practice.

Goals and Objectives:

After the presentation, participants will be able to confidently:

1. Identify the relationship between brain nutrients and cognitive health.
2. Describe the primary nutrients that play a significant role in brain function.
3. Explain the molecular basis of the effects of brain nutrition on cognition.
4. Review  the biochemical roles, safety, and dosing of brain nutrients.
5. Apply this information in clinical practice.

Brief Biography:

Dr. Gina Nick, NMD is a California and Hawaii licensed Naturopathic Physician, President Emeritus of the California Naturopathic Doctors Association and Founder and Medical Director of HealthBridge Newport in Newport Beach, CA. Dr. Gina is respected internationally in the fields of Integrative and Functional Medicine, Cognitive Health, Detoxification, Hormone Treatments, and Addiction Treatment and Recovery.

Dr. Gina has practiced Naturopathic Medicine for 18 years with unparalleled results. Her treatment methods have produced consistent results for patients with conditions running the gamut  from dietary and allergic response to diabetes, autoimmune disorders and hormone imbalance. She is the author of hundreds of published and peer-reviewed scientific documents on natural medicine, and author of the medical text, Clinical Purification and Yogic Nutrition, Dr. Gina has also maintained a long- standing, well-respected column in the Townsend Letter for Doctors and Patients entitled Therapeutic Nutrition. She is a featured expert on PBS and is quoted in popular magazines including Woman’s World, First for Women, Yogi Times, Better Homes and Gardens, Remedies, Diet & Fitness Magazine and Woman’s Day. Over the past 15 years she has taught over 11,000 Doctors and Pharmacists about natural hormone balance, cognitive health, addiction treatment and recovery, fertility, detoxificaton therapies, and natural treatments for anxiety, depression, inflammatory and autoimmune challenges.