Addressing obesity and metabolic health with diet and lifestyle. Come and learn from an unprecedented lineup of expert speakers on the therapeutic benefits of carbohydrate restriction for metabolic syndrome, insulin resistance, Type 2 Diabetes and many other chronic diseases. A full array of topics will be covered including exercise, diabetes, heart health, mental health and food addiction.
This Incredible Virtual Conference Includes
- 4 exciting jam-packed days with global change-makers committed to improving health and education worldwide, and to changing nutritional policies and guidelines.
- 20+ cutting edge-presentations from researchers & clinicians who are experiencing significant success with patients, many with a powerful personal story of their own journey to sustained weight loss and improved metabolic health.
- Ample LIVE Q&A time after each presentation to get YOUR questions answered.
- 36 Category 1 CME credits available.
- 4 Years CEU credit for NASN practitioners
- Additional bonus breakout talks and Q&As with other leaders in the ketogenic/low carb community. There will be a chance here to interact with our sponsors.
- The always spectacular, thought provoking Final Panel is a can't miss Sunday afternoon.
- Ongoing giveaways for all registered attendees leading up to the event, including products from our sponsors and free tickets for future live events for all registered attendees.
Who Should Attend This Conference?
- Anyone interested in restoring and/or maintaining metabolic health for themselves and their patients.
- The healthcare professional who wants to make a bigger impact with better tools.
- Scientists and researchers who want to see the latest studies and results
- Health and Wellness Coaches, Personal Trainers, Sports Enthusiasts, and Citizen Scientists.
CONFIRMED SPEAKERS
Gary Taubes
Brian Lenzkes, MD
Dave Feldman
Prof Tim NoakesMBCHB, MD, PHD
Tim Noakes is one of the world’s leading authorities on the science behind sport and a successful sportsman in his own right. Through a lifetime of research, he has developed key scientific concepts in sport that have not only redefined the way elite athletes and teams approach their professions, but challenged conventional global thinking in these areas.
In his book, Challenging Beliefs, Noakes gives his views on everything from the myths perpetuated by the sports-drink industry and the dangers of overtraining and overdrinking to the prevalence of banned substances and the need to make rugby a safer sport. In a brand new chapter, he explains why he has replaced his high-carb eating habits with a protein-rich diet, and in a controversial addition, he sets out why the Springboks did not win the 2011 Rugby World Cup.
The teams and athletes with whom Noakes has worked make a fascinating backdrop to his sporting philosophies and highlight the importance of science in sport in human terms. In providing an intimate look at the golden threads running through Noakes’s life and career, this truly remarkable book reveals the ground-breaking theories and principles generated by one of the greatest minds in the history of sports science.
Tim Noakes is the Discovery Health Professor of Exercise and Sports Science at the University of Cape Town. He is a lifelong athlete and is rated an A1-scientist by the National Research Foundation. In 2008 he was awarded the Order of Mapungubwe by the president of South Africa for ‘excellent contribution to the field of sport and the science of physical exercise’. His book Lore of Running is considered the global ‘bible’ of running.
He has been married to Marilyn Anne for 39 years, and they have two children, Travis and Candice. Tim is the co-founder of the Sports Science Institute of South Africa, along with rugby icon Morné du Plessis.
Follow Prof Tim Noakes on Twitter @ProfTimNoakes
Prof Tim Noakes, MBCHB, MD, PhD
Dr. Paul Mason
Dr Mason is a Sports and Exercise Medicine Physician who also holds degrees in Physiotherapy and Occupational Health. Dr Mason is a believer of the scientific process and is happy to challenge medical orthodoxy when it conflicts with the available evidence. He holds views on many topics including saturated fat and cholesterol, dietary fibre and sun exposure which contrast with those of conventional medical wisdom.
Paul Mason, MD
Robert Cywes, MD, PhD
Tro Kalayjian, DO
Amy Berger, MS, CNS
Maria Emmerich
Maria Emmerich is a nutritionist who specializes in the ketogenic diet and exercise physiology. She struggled with her health and weight throughout childhood which lead her to become such a passionate nutrition expert. "My goal is to help transform people's lives and start living again!" Maria specializes in brain neurotransmitters and how food can increase mental wellness. Her expertise has sent her around the World speaking about ketogenic diets.
She spends the majority of her time with clients around the World via Skype with amazing results. She specializes in helping autoimmune disorders, diabetes (Type 1 and Type 2), heart disease, cholesterol issues, alopecia, hashimoto's, cancer, epilepsy, seizures, depression and anxiety. You would be amazed at the amount of people get off medication with her guidance.
She is also an International Best Selling author of several books including "Quick and Easy Ketogenic Cooking" and "The 30 Day Ketogenic Cleanse". She also authored 8 other books including several cookbooks and 3 nutritional guide books including the best-selling book "Keto.".
She also runs a support site for getting all your questions answered here:
keto-adapted.com
Maria Emmerich
Shawn Baker, MD
Joan Ifland, PhD, MBA
Bret Scher, MD
Peter Ballerstedt, PhD
Peter Ballerstedt (aka The Sodfather) received his Bachelor of Science in Agriculture in 1981 and Master of Science in 1983, both from the University of Georgia. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Kentucky in 1986, specializing in forage management and utilization, minoring in ruminant nutrition. He was the forage extension specialist at Oregon State University from 1986 to 1992.
He currently works for Barenbrug USA, a grass seed company. His study of human nutrition is fueled by his personal experience. He is an advocate for ruminant animal agriculture and its products, speaking to audiences in several countries about the role of ruminants in humanity’s past, present and future. He strives to build bridges between his agricultural tribe and his low-carb/keto/carnivore tribes. Peter blogs and posts to facebook at “Grass Based Health” and on Twitter and Instagram at @GrassBased. Peter and Nancy live in western Oregon with their two dogs Conor and Noni.
Peter Ballerstedt, PhD
Gurpreet Padda, MD, MBA
Ariel Ortiz, MD
Eric Westman, MD, MHS
Dr. Hampton is especially passionate about removing barriers to health and equipping patients and his colleagues with the education and resources they need to take charge of their health. He previously served as the medical director of the Advocate Operating System, where he collaborated with clinicians and staff on programs to address social determinants of health among at-risk patient populations. For example, for the Healthy Living program, he develops education around nutrition and weight loss that help patients set realistic and attainable goals. He's also an ambassador for the program, encouraging his physician colleagues to refer their patients. The same goes for the AdvocateCare Center (a place where patients receive multidisciplinary care in one visit), inspiring his colleagues to utilize the Center as a partner to help them manage their patients with multiple chronic diseases and improve their quality of life. He has also been instrumental in the launch of the Food Farmacy (that's FARM-acy with an "F") at Advocate Trinity Hospital to increase access to fresh, healthy food for patients and community members in need in partnership with the Chicago Food Depository. He is a board-certified obesity specialist, working with patients individually in the clinic and with small groups enrolled in the diabetes prevention program (D.P.P.). As one of only just over 3,000 Board Certified Obesity Medicine Specialists in the United States, he's been able to use his knowledge to help develop and support programs that reduce the obesity burden. He has participated in novel research, serving as the lead researcher for the Merck/Premiere-sponsored trial, where he worked in collaboration with other thought leaders to develop a point-of-care tool to be used by front-line physicians to improve diabetes care using patient data. In addition, he uses his experience as a clinician leader within one of the largest health systems and highest performing accountable care organizations in the U.S., Advocate Health Care, to provide input to all research phases and to guide data collection and management for the project. He is a tireless leader and cheerleader for performance excellence, serving on A.M.G.'s Governing Council, Health Outcomes Committee, and Advocate's Executive Diversity Council. His current role is Regional Medical Director for the South Region in Chicago. He authored the book: Fix Your Diet, Fix Your Diabetes, and is an active blogger on social media. His newest projects include creating more educational videos/interviews on YouTube and starting his Podcast in June 2020 entitled: Protecting Your N.E.S.T. with Dr. Tony Hampton. His new website will be active June 2020 which provides access to all the work he is doing: www.doctortonyhampton.
Tony Hampton MD
Steven Tucker, MD, FACP, FAMS
Dr. Tucker is a medical oncologist and internist obsessed with both cancer prevention and treatment. A medical innovator and early adopter, he has been offering nutritional and metabolic support for cancer patients and their families for more than 25 years. At Tucker Medical, his team utilizes practical, culturally-appropriate, and individualized low-carb and ketogenic interventions as well as novel intermittent fasting protocols during chemotherapy that reduce medication toxicity and enhance therapeutic benefit.
A self-proclaimed “data-geek,” Dr. Tucker also encourages the use of self-tracking, wearable tech, and especially continuous glucose monitors for his patients. Tucker Medical is a leader in personalized medicine offering genomic tools to patients at every touchpoint across the cancer care continuum; from personal genetic susceptibility testing in patients and families to pharmacogenomics to identify gene-drug interactions through advanced tumor DNA/RNA sequencing for immunotherapy and targeted therapy.
Dr. Tucker is also Chief Medical Officer at CXA Group, a health-tech start-up, where he advises on strategies and tools for the prevention of chronic disease. His prior experience includes roles in population health such as Strategic Advisor for Oncology & Genomics at MetLife Asia, and he was the founding Global Health Advisor at Singapore Telecommunications (Singtel). Dr. Tucker also founded Flip Health, a population health management service applying data science and design thinking to reduce the risk of breast cancer relapse.
Unlike most physicians, Dr. Tucker incorporated education in nutrition and metabolism during medical school. As the recipient of Pew Foundation Fellowship, he was a Guest Investigator at Rockefeller University and studied gut-brain interactions in hunger and satiety along with clinical nutrition. Dr. Tucker went on to train in Internal Medicine, Hematology, Oncology, and Stem Cell Transplantation at the UCLA Center for Health Sciences. While at UCLA he studied molecular biology in the laboratory of Dr. Charles Sawyers and joined the UCLA faculty as Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine in 1999. In 2006 he moved to Singapore to develop a global oncology clinical trials program and has made Singapore his permanent home.
Dr. Tucker is a Fellow of both the Singapore Academy of Medicine and the American College of Physicians and an Officer of the Chapter of Medical Oncologists, Academy of Medicine Singapore. He is the recipient of an ASCO Merit Award, an NIH Commendation, and the UCLA ‘STAR’ Program Award.
Dr. Tucker currently teaches Healthcare Innovation at the Singapore – MIT Alliance for Research & Technology (SMART). As a health futurist, he frequently speaks about the need for more empathetic and creative health providers who can work effortlessly with advancing technology. Outside of his clinical practice, he is a professional speaker, strategist, and consultant advising start-ups, multinational corporations, and governments on the integration of new technologies in health and medicine.
About Tucker Medical Singapore
Tucker Medical is a Singapore-based multi-specialty practice that provides both general primary care and sub-specialty medicine. Founded in 2011, Tucker Medical offers integrated care in Medical Oncology, Gastroenterology, Hepatology, Family Medicine, Women’s Health, Nutrition, and Mental Health Services in Singapore and to patients across South East Asia. The doctors at Tucker Medical offer a personalized approach to the treatment and prevention of chronic disease, including cancer, diabetes, heart disease, and obesity. Tucker Medical is the leader in low carb and ketogenic thinking in Singapore and Southeast Asia. Our multi-disciplinary team emphasizes a safe and conventional approach to nutrition through ketogenic and low-carb meal plans, as well as various fasting protocols, all supported by a dedicated team of professionals.
Steven Tucker, MD, FACP, FAMS
Antonio C. Martinez II
Antonio C. Martinez II is a native New Yorker, and the son of immigrants from the Dominican Republic. He earned his Bachelor of Science Degree in Industrial and Labor Relations from Cornell University and a Juris Doctorate Degree from Brooklyn Law School. He attended the United States Capitol Page School and is a graduate of New York Military Academy.
Antonio C. Martinez II
Nasha Winters, ND, FABNO
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“Dr. Nasha Winters is a global healthcare authority and best-selling author in integrative cancer care and research consulting with physicians around the world. She has educated hundreds of professionals in the clinical use of mistletoe and has created robust educational programs for both healthcare institutions and the public on incorporating vetted integrative therapies in cancer care to enhance outcomes. Dr. Winters is currently focused on opening a comprehensive metabolic oncology hospital and research institute in the US where the best that standard of care has to offer and the most advanced integrative therapies will be offered. This facility will be in a residential setting on a gorgeous campus against a backdrop of regenerative farming, EMF mitigation and retreat, as well as state of the art medical technology and data collection and evaluation to improve patient outcomes.”
Nasha Winters, ND, FABNO
Dr. Ben
BREAKOUT SPEAKERS
Kellie Logsdon
Kellie Logsdon is the founder and creator of The Kellie Kitchen, an online food blog. Kellie develops and
shares recipes and her expertise for a Low Carb Diet and Ketogenic Lifestyle through her own journey
to health. After years of her own gut issues, yo-yo dieting and ill overall health Kellie went on to earn a
Certification in Holistic Health and Nutrition. With trial and error, lots of cooking and intense research
Kellie came upon the diet that changed her life forever-The Ketogenic and Intermittent Fasting Lifestyle
Diet. Kellie finally figured out that weight loss and overall health are best managed with real food and
less medicine.
Kellie shares simple strategies to overall health (that no one was talking about when she was growing
up) are found in the kinds of foods we eat AND when we eat them. Kellie learned and perfected Low
Carb lifestyle techniques and recipes using whole foods and clean products that brought her to her best
health. Kellie is on a tireless journey to create and share amazing Low Carb and Keto friendly foods and
tips with you. The Kellie Kitchen is a place where you will learn to eat real foods that can help you feel
better, lose weight, clear your brain and give you more energy.
TheKellieKitchen.com
Kellie Logsdon
Jeff Kotterman
Jeff Kotterman,founder of the TriSystem Health Network, is the Director of the National Association of Sports Nutrition and the first NASN Licensed Master Sports Nutritionist in San Diego, CA. He specializes in breaking health, performance and fitness plateaus through exercise and nutrition. He graduated from the College of New Jersey in Trenton with a degree in both health and physical education and obtained his professional certifications through several different organizations including AFAA, ACE, the NAFC and the NASN. Jeff holds every certification the NASN has to offer, including their licensing instructor certificate. Jeff currently trains and mentors health and fitness professionals all over the world to first get an NASN certification and then to pay it forward to others through their individual practices.
Jeff is a consultant to several major fitness companies and gives support to more effective nutrition and exercise programs for products mass marketed today. He has been the expert consultant for popular fitness programs currently featured in specialty supplement stores and major retailers such as Wal-Mart, Target, infomercials and direct marketing products like MET-Rx 180. Jeff’s latest endeavor is in the growth and development of the TriSystem Health Network. The medical and health communities have got it wrong. The solution to contemporary health issues, disease treatment and prevention is not primarily prescription drugs and invasive procedures. It is specific, science based nutrition, exercise and nutritive supplementation programs that are personal and individually determined. The TriSystem Health Network has been personally introduced through short talks and seminars he and his team have given.
An engaging and accomplished speaker, Jeff has been interviewed by ABC, CBS, NBC, San Diego’s KPBS and the BBC news. He has been quoted in the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal and several other respected periodicals. Jeff is a family man, spending most of his leisure time with his wife Tina and their two children. Jeff also has a passion for research and the implementation of specific nutrition and exercise strategies that fight heart disease, cancer and diabetes, the leading causes of death in America. Jeff has been coaching and mentoring as a unique sports nutritionist in San Diego, California since 1996.
To schedule Jeff for a speaking engagement or event, email pr@TriSystemEDGE.com or call 888-538-2348 and press 4.
Jeff Kotterman
Dorian Greenow
Keto-Mojo founder Dorian Greenow established the world’s first independently owned blood ketone-testing company and is the mojo behind Keto-Mojo.
In 1996, Dorian Greenow left his hometown in southern England for New York City. He had nothing more than a pack on his back and $750 in his pocket. But, once there, he met his future wife and business partner, Gemma, who introduced him to the world of food and wine, and he secured a busboy position at a catering company, which he promptly evolved into a general manager role, overseeing everything from large-scale events for 6,000 to intimate dinners for presidents and princes.
After several formative years mastering the nuances of conducting business in United States, Dorian set his sights on the unknown once again. He bought a motorcycle and rode it from New York to California with no clear job prospects in site. Thousands of miles later, he and Gemma settled in Napa Valley, where Dorian became director of hospitality for the luxury-brand winery, Pine Ridge. Life was good.
But over the years, what Dorian describes as “American disease” set in. His weight ballooned to 207 pounds, he was on antidepressants and found himself able to balance a beer bottle on his extended belly. He’d lost his mojo and decided to get it back through optimal wellness.
Extensive research led Dorian and Gemma to the ketogenic diet. The science made sense.
Within six months, Dorian had measurable success; he came off all his medications, dropped 47 pounds and he was able to deftly slip back into his younger, healthier self. He had his mojo back. Ketogenic living changed Dorian’s life, and he wanted to give back the best way he knew how—by making the lifestyle accessible to everyone.
But paying it forward wasn’t so easy. At $4 per blood ketone-testing strip and the need for multiple tests per day, monitoring ketones was expensive. Additionally, the meters and test strips were produced by a few big players in the biotech industry; limited competition meant prices would remain too high for millions of people who could reap their health benefits. So, Dorian decided to yet again cut his own path by disrupting the industry with his own line of affordable blood ketone-testing products.
He drew up a list of more than 100 manufacturers, cross-matched their technologies to federal regulations, and set out to find a manufacturing partner. After countless doors were shut in his face, he found just the right company and created an FDA-approved meter with a lifetime warranty, higher accuracy than others on the market, and $1 testing strips.
Bypassing traditional sales models, Dorian took his superior offerings direct to online consumers, starting with the passionate keto community, who instantly embraced Keto-Mojo. Within weeks, he was selling more than 10,000 units per month.
Dorian Greenow
Gloriana (Loly) Trujillo
Loly is the owner of LolyFit LLC, is a Keto Coach Specialized in Keto Adaptation for Athletes. Based in NYC where she works with her clients as a Fitness Coach, and who also has an online platform to work with athletes around the world in their Keto Adaptation process. Gloriana's mission is to create awareness about healthy athleticism through Low Carb and Keto Diet in the Latin community.
Gloriana (Loly) Trujillo
Gaby Ondrasek
Gaby has a Bachelors in Education and is a Certified Nutritionist Specialist. She is based in San Jose, CA where she coaches her clients by improving their relationship with the original diet based on essential nutrients and intermittent fasting.
Gaby Ondrasek
Jayne Bullen
Sarah Alves
Sarah Alves has a B.S. in Health Education and Human Behavior. She is a certified health coach through Wellcoaches. Sarah has been a health coach for 5 years and is passionate about helping her clients establish healthy habits that are enjoyable and sustainable.
Sarah Alves
Steve Hanley
Steve Hanley is Founder and CEO of Nutrishus Brands Inc., a company dedicated to developing and delivering healthy, low/no glycemic impact food and beverage products .
The Company’s flagship products are RxSugar®, the World’s Best Tasting, Healthiest Natural Sugar & Syrup (www.RxSugar.com).
Scientific studies, medical research, nutritional analysis and consumer sentiment have all demonstrated and categorically concluded that traditional cane sugar, included in 80% of all food/beverage choices, is unhealthy and the primary driver of obesity, diabetes, metabolic syndrome and liver disorders.
RxSugar® is Sugar Reimagined®: Delicious – Clean – Nutritious – Functional – and positioned to transition cane sugar’s Kodak Moment into an Extinction Event.
A successful entrepreneur, Steve Hanley has been developing strategies, building new businesses and executing solutions for more than 35 years.
Steve’s career includes senior leadership roles at Hughes Telematics (acquired by Verizon), SAP, and PricewaterhouseCoopers Consulting (acquired by IBM).
Steve received his BS degree with honors from Franklin & Marshall College in Accounting.
Steve Hanley
Cory Jenks PharmD, BCPS, BCACP
Cory Jenks earned his PharmD from the University of South Carolina in 2011 and completed a PGY1 residency at the Southern Arizona VA Healthcare System in 2012. His past pharmacy experience has included time as a retail pharmacist, outpatient clinical pharmacist, and inpatient clinical pharmacist. Currently, he practices as an Ambulatory Care Clinical Pharmacy Specialist where he applies his passion for lifestyle interventions in the management of chronic disease. Cory is also an accomplished improv comedian, having started on his comedy journey in 2013. Since then, Cory has coached, taught, and performed improv for thousands of people. His passion for improv comedy led him to start ImprovRx, where he provides seminars and workshops for businesses and healthcare organizations on applying the skills of improv comedy for their employees and leaders.
Cory Jenks, PharmD
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