ILAAOM Proudly Presents:

Paul Pitchford, Author of Healing with Whole Foods

October 24th and 25th, 2009 at the Holiday Inn O'Hare 5615 Cumberland, Chicago (Free Parking) 7 NCCAOM PDA and IL CEU's will be awarded for each day attended.

This event is appropriate for acupuncturists, dieticians, nutritionists, doctors, nurses, chiropractors, and the general public.

Saturday, October 24 ~ 8:30 am-5:00 pm
Living Well with Whole Foods: An Integrative Approach

• Fathom the importance of the fundamental, integrative pathways of healing: good nutrition, adequate exercise and enhanced awareness, attitude and intention.
• Gain a vision of an ideal overall dietary strategy for health and longevity.
• Understand why most “diets” fail and how to overcome the emotional eating that undermines our best intentions. Improve nutritional compliance for your clients.
• Core teachings, along with the nutritional remedies for some of the most common syndromes of Traditional Chinese Medicine, will be presented:
  Liver stagnation— omnipresent in sedentary individuals on rich diets
  Damp excesses—virtually always seen in imbalances marked with obesity, diabetes, tumors, autoimmunity, and fungal, parasitic, and other infections; a Regenerative Health Plan that addresses viral, spirochete, yeast, and worm infestations will be presented.
  Yin depletion and stress patterns—often part of hectic lifestyles

Sunday, October 25 ~ 8:30 am-5:00 pm
Healing with Whole Foods: Dietary Essentials & Assessment Clinic
In this workshop we will discover key food and nutritional practices, teachings, and diagnostic methods, in order to provide the essential elements that support healing, vitality and peace. A central feature of this workshop will be a "clinical theatre" session with a client, in which Paul Pitchford will demonstrate the diagnosis and corresponding recommendations for the client. The set of client intake assessment forms will also be made available. These forms can greatly simplify an integrative health consultation for your clients Topics that may be included:

• Fats & Oils: the good, the bad & the truly ugly
• Protein in the Diet: sources of animal and plant proteins
• Sugars: the kinds to use sparingly and the kinds to avoid altogether
• Cooked vs Raw: insights into who needs more raw or more cooked cuisine and for how long
• Excess vs Deficiency: explore the nature of your strengths and weaknesses, a critical factor in deciding what diet, herbs, exercises and other remedies might work best.
• Hot vs Cold: balancing our thermal nature
• Improving Digestion: optimally combine foods and increase "digestive fire"
• Food for Children and the Elderly
• Radiation and Fluoridated Water
• Green Foods: importance for detoxification
• Regeneration: rich vital blood for overcoming blood sugar imbalances

About Our Presenter
Paul Pitchford studied and apprenticed with masters of pre-Revolutionary Traditional Chinese medicine, nutrition, and Tai Ji and Chan (Zen) meditation. His landmark book, Healing with Whole Foods: Asian Traditions and Modern Nutrition (North Atlantic Books and soon available in 7 languages, including Chinese), forms the foundation of his unique dietary teachings, which unify Eastern and Western therapies. Over the past 12 years Paul has been a key lecturer with the prestigious Institute for Integrative Nutrition in New York City. His work has become a primary impetus behind the most fundamental, clinically effective and innovative dietary movement today, widely known as "whole foods nutrition." He sees a universal shift to whole foods nutrition as essential for overcoming ecologic ravages to the Earth as well as quelling pervasive disease and degeneration among her peoples. He served as director Asian Healing Arts and Nutrition at Heartwood Institute in northern California. He currently receives invitations to teach worldwide and has given seminars at colleges (including Harvard), schools of acupuncture, nutrition and various healing arts, and on major radio shows.

One day registration:
Member-$150, Student Member-$120
Non-member-$170, Student non-member-$140

Two day registration
ILaaom Member-$300, Student Member-$240
Non-member-$340, Student, non-member-$280

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