Entheos 2014 - Super Size Me

What if food was an easy, delicious, and a healing part of your life? Alex Jamieson, co-star of the documentary Super Size Me, is on a mission to #FixFood. Join Alex and 35 plus of today's most important leaders in health and nutrition for this online event to fix your relationship with food, address emotional eating, fix your own simple meals and fix the food culture we all live in.

The Experts and Their Topics:

The Truth and Inspiration To #FixFood
with Alex Jamieson
Alexandra (you can call her Alex) Jamieson, is a chef, food activist, nutrition teacher, consultant to the health food industry, author of the best-selling works The Great American Detox Diet, Vegan Living for Dummies, and Vegan Cooking for Dummies, and the woman behind the Oscar-nominated documentary Super Size Me. Her work has been featured on Oprah, Martha Stewart’s Living, CNN, NBC, and Dr. Oz’s Sharecare. Her non-judgemental approach to food and feeling great appeals to eaters of every kind, and her work has inspired countless others to transform their lives and food for the better. Alex traveled to over 20 countries premiering the film Super Size Me, and her books have been translated into six languages.

Transform Your Relationship with Food
with Cynthia Pasquella
Cynthia Pasquella is known as The Transformational Nutritionist®. She helps women who struggle with their weight and self-worth by using a method that combines nutrition, psychology, and spirituality so they can finally experience permanent change and radical fulfillment! Cynthia is a clinical nutritionist, spiritual leader, media personality, and best-selling author. She is the founder and director of the Institute of Transformational Nutrition- the only nutrition certification program where students receive an in-depth understanding of holistic health through science, psychology, and spirituality to help people create permanent change in their health and life.

The #1 Way to Reclaim Your Health - It's Not What You Think
with Leanne Ely
Leanne Ely began her menu planning service in 2001 to help families get back to the dinner table. Within just a few years, Readers Digest declared a new industry had been born — the menu planning industry — and Leanne was dubbed the “mother” of menu planning. Today, more than a decade after founding Saving Dinner, Leanne has turned her business into a successful company with a loyal following. With over 100,000 people reading the Daily Dish (Leanne’s daily inspiration), Leanne has parlayed her success into 8 books (including a NY Times best seller) and a career as a sought-after speaker, syndicated newspaper columnist, and host of her own radio show.

Raising Healthy Kids: Dr. Oz's HealthCorps
with Michelle Bouchard
Michelle Bouchard co-founded two not-for-profit theaters in New York and was the CFO of the Governor's Island Preservation and Education Corporation. She is currently president of HealthCorps, co-founded by Dr. Oz, a leading cardiac surgeon and two-time Emmy Award–winning host of The Dr. Oz Show.
In this talk you‘ll learn:
• How one organization is changing food education in the US
• What kids are facing in school nutrition and how to change it
• The future of food

Food is the Miracle Cure!
with Terry Wahls, M.D.
Dr. Terry Wahls is a clinical professor of medicine at the University of Iowa where she teaches internal medicine residents, sees patients in a traumatic brain injury clinic, and conducts clinical trials. She is also a patient with a chronic progressive neurological disorder, secondary progressive multiple sclerosis, which confined her to a tilt-recline wheelchair for four years. But thanks to the power of the Wahls Protocol™, which is based on functional medicine and the Wahls Paleo™ diet, Dr. Wahls restored her health and now pedals her bike five miles to work each day.

Hacking Your Health
with Dave Asprey
Dave Asprey, founder of The Bulletproof Executive, is a Silicon Valley investor and technology entrepreneur who spent 15 years and over $300,000 to hack his own biology. Dave lost 100 pounds without counting calories or excessive exercise, used techniques to upgrade his brain by more than 20 IQ points, and lowered his biological age while learning to sleep more efficiently in less time.
In this talk you‘ll learn:
• Hack your sleep to get the rest you need for weight loss
• How to change your living environment to help you lose weight
• Which healthy fats help you detox deliciously

Heal Your Gut, Heal Your Life and The Power of Fermented Foods
with Summer Bock
Summer Bock is on a mission is to help people end their digestive struggle. She teaches people how to cleanse bad bacteria and rebuild their gut flora to boost immunity, moods, and energy levels. She is a trained herbalist with a background in microbiology and has studied with some of the best nutritional teachers in the world. Summer teaches the art of fermentation, cleansing, and gut health. She has guided thousands of successful people to their best health.
In this talk you‘ll learn:
• Why our gut health is the first place to look for any illness
• How often should you be pooping?
• How to make probiotics at home

Emotional Eating Food Solution
with Trudy Scott
Trudy Scott is a Food Mood Expert and Nutritionist who has an emphasis on educating successful women about a healthy and balanced lifestyle, dietary choices based on a whole-foods approach and individualized nutrient supplementation as needed - so women can be their healthiest, look your best and feel on-top-of-the-world emotionally™.
In this talk you‘ll learn:
• How eating real food can end emotional eating
• What Amino Acids will heal brain imbalances
• Balancing brain chemistry with zero willpower

3 Ingredients to Fixing School Food Programs
with Curt Ellis
Curt Ellis is an American filmmaker, social entrepreneur, and advocate for sustainable agriculture and healthy food. He serves as co-founder and Executive Director of the nonprofit organization FoodCorps. He shared a Peabody Award in 2008 for King Corn, which he co-produced and starred in, and in 2011 he won the Heinz Award for his work in the sustainable food movement.
In this talk you‘ll learn:
• Food Corps 3 ingredient "recipe" for healthy school food environments
• The benefits of school gardens
• #FixFood in our schools

Raising Healthy Kids in a Toxic Food World
with Anna Lappe
Anna Lappé is a widely respected author and educator, known for her work as an expert on food systems and as a sustainable food advocate. The co-author or author of three books and the contributing author to ten others, Anna’s work has been widely translated internationally and featured in The New York Times,Gourmet,Oprah Magazine, among many other outlets. Named one of Time magazine’s “eco” Who’s-Who, Anna is a founding principal of the Small Planet Institute and the Small Planet Fund. She is currently the head of the Real Food Media Project, a new initiative to spread the story of the power of sustainable food using creative movies, an online action center, and grassroots events.
In this talk you‘ll learn:
• How to shop so your kids enjoy healthy food, and not badger you for junk food
• Food Myths and how to change them
• Why CSA's are the best way to fix food

Fixing Food with Soul
with Bryant Terry
Bryant Terry is a chef, food justice activist, and author of four books, including the critically acclaimed Vegan Soul Kitchen. His forthcoming book, Afro-Vegan, will be published in 2014. He is also the host of Urban Organic, a multi-episode web series that he co-created. His interest in cooking, farming, and community health can be traced back to his childhood in Memphis, Tennessee, where his grandparents inspired him to grow, prepare, and appreciate good food. Bryant completed the chef’s training program at the Natural Gourmet Institute for Health and Culinary Arts in New York City. He holds an M.A. in American History from NYU. From 2008 to 2010, Bryant was a fellow of the Food and Society Policy Fellows Program. He lives and creates in Oakland, California, with his wife and daughter.

Transforming Our Bodies, Souls and Brains
with Dr. Daniel Amen and Tana Amen
Daniel G. Amen, M.D., is a physician, double-board certified psychiatrist, teacher and eight-time New York Times bestselling author. He is widely regarded as one of the world’s foremost experts on applying brain imaging science to everyday clinical practice. Dr. Amen is the founder of Amen Clinics. Amen Clinics have the world’s largest database of functional brain scans relating to behavior, totaling 80,000 scans on patients from 90 countries.
Tana Amen is a nurse, NY Times bestselling author, highly respected health and fitness expert, and a nationally renowned speaker, and media guest. Along with her recent book, The Omni Diet, which is a NY Times Bestseller, Tana is the author of four other successful books. She and her husband, Dr. Daniel Amen recently appeared together in the popular PBS television show “The Omni Health Revolution”.

The Neuroscience of Weight Loss
with Darya Rose
Darya Pino Rose, Ph.D is a blogger, neuroscientist, and author. She is known as the founder of the blog Summer Tomato, and as a health and food contributor to The Huffington Post and other publications. In 2011, TIME named Rose's weblog, Summer Tomato, one of "50 Websites That Make the Web Great." She is the author of the book "Foodist: Using Real Food and Real Science to Lose Weight Without Dieting," published by HarperOne in May, 2013.
In this talk you‘ll learn:
• 3 basic rules for eating for sane weight loss
• The new discoveries in neuroscience and how cravings are created
• Learn to like any food

From Stress to Vitality
with Pedram Shojai
Pedram Shojai studied biology at UCLA until he had a series of profound mystical experiences that drew him to the Eastern esoteric arts. He received his Master’s in Oriental Medicine from Emperor’s College and then his OMD from the PanAmerican University. He's studied Kung Fu, Tai Chi, Qi Gong, Yoga, Meditation, and medicine diligently for the past 20 years. His passion is to travel the world and meet inspiring people who are making a difference in their communities. Over the past few years, he's written his first book and produced two documentary movies.
In this talk you‘ll learn:
• How to fix your relationship with food, one bite at a time
• The healing benefits of meditation
• How a 2 week Clean Diet experiment can change your entire body and outlook on life

Self-Care is Crazy Sexy
with Kris Carr
Kris Carr is a New York Times and #1 Amazon best-selling author, speaker and health advocate. She is the subject and director of the documentary, Crazy Sexy Cancer, which aired on TLC and The Oprah Winfrey Network. Kris is also the author of the award-winning Crazy Sexy book series. As an irreverent foot soldier in the fight against disease, Kris inspires countless people to take charge of their health and happiness by adopting a plant-passionate diet, practicing self-care and learning to live and love like you really mean it.

Fixing Fitness
with Joel Harper
Celebrity personal trainer Joel Harper has been developing custom workouts for personal training in New York City (NYC) for 18 years largely due to his simple exercises which produce immediate results. His clients range from Dr. Oz to Olympic medalists who are striving for break-through performances to 10 year old kids just learning to appreciate their health. With a client list as diverse as his personal training methods, he regularly works with well-known actors preparing for new roles, musicians embarking on world tours and business executives desiring increased energy and strength. Originally from Texas, Joel earned a BS from NYU. Getting into shape was a necessary component of Joel's modeling career. As a model he has worked for top designers and appeared in magazines, calendars and billboards in the U.S., Europe and Asia. Staying in shape and motivating others to do the same is now a way of life.

Raising Cattle to Save the World
with Hunter Lovins
L. Hunter Lovins is an author and a promoter of sustainable development for over 30 years, is president of Natural Capitalism Solutions, a non-profit in Longmont, Colorado and the Chief Insurgent of the Madrone Project. She teaches sustainable business management at Bainbridge Graduate Institute in Seattle, Washington and at Daniels College of Business, University of Denver.
In this talk you‘ll learn:
• How grass-fed beef protects our food supply
• How farmers and chefs are leading the food movement
• The future of land management

Ending Food Addiction: The Truth about Sugar and Flour
with Dr. Mark Hyman
Mark Hyman, MD has dedicated his career to identifying and addressing the root causes of chronic illness through a groundbreaking whole-systems medicine approach known as Functional Medicine. He is a family physician, a five-time #1 New York Times bestselling author, Chairman of the Institute for Functional Medicine, Linus Pauling Award recipient, and an internationally recognized leader in his field. Through his private practice, education efforts, writing, research, advocacy and public-policy work, he strives to improve access to Functional Medicine, and to widen the understanding and practice of it, empowering others to treat the underlying causes of illness, tackling the roots of our chronic-disease epidemic.

The New Food Bank: From Cans to Cauliflower
with Kelly Siefkin
Kelly Siefkin is the Communications and Development Director for Sacramento Food Bank and Family Services (SFBFS). Kelly works to establish messaging for the organization through the media, the organization’s Web site, speaking engagements, donor relationships, client outreach, volunteer training and social media. In 2008, Kelly received the Volunteer Spirit Award for Volunteer Coordinator of the Year in Sacramento County. Prior to working with non-profit organizations, Kelly spent a year serving as a member of AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps.
In this talk you‘ll learn:
• How one food bank has transformed their program to a farmers market
• Combating food deserts
• Teaching home gardening and seed saving to the working poor - and the remarkable results it's having

Micronutrients are the Answer
with Jayson and Mira Calton
The Caltons are among the world's leading experts on the topics of weight management, lifestyle medicine and micronutrient deficiency. Their high success rate working with adults and children to achieve sustainable weight loss and reverse health and disease conditions has made their consultancy highly sought after by celebrities, athletes and top corporate executives around the world. It is their belief that becoming micronutrient sufficient is the first step towards preventing and reversing many of today's most prevalent health conditions and diseases.
In this talk you‘ll learn:
• Curing Arthritis with diet and supplements
• The macronutrient wars
• Learning to trust your body in a world of diet gurus

The Truth about Gluten and Your Health
with Dr. Tom Obryan
Dr. Tom O'Bryan is an internationally recognized speaker and workshop leader specializing in the complications of Non-Celiac Gluten Sensitivity and Celiac Disease as they occur inside and outside of the intestines. Since 2004, he has served as a teaching clinician for international audiences of Healthcare Practitioners, and currently holds teaching Faculty positions with the Institute for Functional Medicine and the National University of Health Sciences.
In this talk you‘ll learn:
• The truth behind the explosion in gluten intolerance
• How NOT to do a gluten-free diet
• How gluten addiction works

Successful Strategies for Coping with Food Cravings
with Dr. Susan Albers
Susan Albers, Psy.D., is a licensed clinical psychologist at the Cleveland Clinic specializing in eating issues, weight loss, body image concerns, and mindfulness. She graduated from the University of Denver, completed an internship at the University of Notre Dame and was a post-doctoral fellow at Stanford University. Albers is the author of Eating Mindfully, Eat, Drink, and Be Mindful, Mindful Eating 101 and 50 Ways to Soothe Yourself Without Food. She is an AOL Diet and Fitness coach. Her work has been quoted in O, The Oprah Magazine, Family Circle, Self, and The Wall Street Journal, and she conducts mindful eating workshops internationally. She was a guest expert on Dr.Oz.

Clean Detox Nation
with Alejandro Junger M.D.
Founder of the Clean Program, Dr.Junger was born in Uruguay. He graduated from medical school there in 1990 and moved to New York City for his postgraduate training. The drastic change in lifestyle and diet resulting from his move to New York City soon showed up as irritable bowel syndrome and depression. Becoming a patient of the system he was practicing was such a shock, that it started his journey in search of an alternative solution to his health problems.
In this talk you‘ll learn:
• How cleaning your gut can heal your entire body
• How to heal your 2nd brain
• Discover what NOT to eat and how to get clean

Food Freedom
with Robb Wolf
Robb Wolf, a former research biochemist is the New York Times Best Selling author of The Paleo Solution – The Original Human Diet. Robb has transformed the lives of hundreds of thousands of people around the world via his top ranked iTunes podcast, book and seminars. Robb is a former California State Powerlifting Champion and a 6-0 amateur kickboxer. He coaches athletes at the highest levels of competition and consults with Olympians and world champions in MMA, motocross, rowing and triathlon. Wolf has provided seminars in nutrition and strength and conditioning to various entities including NASA, Naval Special Warfare, the Canadian Light Infantry and the United States Marine Corps.
In this talk you‘ll learn:
• Finding freedom from dietary dogma to discover your perfect food style
• How your bad sleep habits could be keeping the weight on
• Creating local food systems that keep us, the animals, and the planet healthy.

The Calorie Myth
with Jonathan Bailor
Collaborating with top scientists for over 10 years, analyzing over 1,300 studies, synthesizing over 10,000 pages of research, and garnering endorsements by top doctors and researchers from Harvard Medical School, Johns Hopkins, Yale, and UCLA,Jonathan Bailor is a preeminent nutrition and exercise expert who specializes in using high-quality food and exercise to simplify health and fitness. He has registered over 25 patents and authored the revolutionary upcoming The Calorie Myth (HarperCollins, 12.31.13). Bailor serves as a Senior Program Manager at Microsoft, hosts a popular syndicated wellness radio show, and consults for organizations around the world. A Summa Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa graduate of DePauw University, Bailor lives outside of Seattle with his wife Angela and works to enable others to live better through simple, proven science.

Juicing to Reboot and Heal
with Joe Cross
Joe Cross is an Australian entrepreneur and investor who invests in early stage high potential growth companies. These include investments in the fashion, transportation, private equity finance, derivatives trading, early childhood education, structural steel distribution and health and wellness sectors. Most recently, Joe founded Reboot Your Life, a lifestyle brand that provides information, tools, media and entertainment, consumer products and community support that encourage people to consume more fruits and vegetables in order to improve their health and vitality.
In this talk you‘ll learn:
• What time of day to focus on fixing food
• How to enjoy food with pleasure
• Creating a life that makes healthy eating easy

Empowered Eating in a Food Sensitive World
with JJ Virgin
JJ Virgin is one of the nation’s foremost fitness and nutrition experts, an accomplished public speaker and media personality. Her 25 years in the health and fitness industry, the past 10 in holistic nutrition and functional medicine, have earned JJ recognition as the go-to weight loss expert who can unlock the door to lifelong weight management through her sensible, no-fail approach to nutrition and fitness. JJ is author of NY Times bestseller The Virgin Diet: Drop 7 Foods, Lose 7 Pounds, Just 7 Days.
In this talk you‘ll learn:
• What food intolerances are keeping us sick and overweight
• Connect the dots between how you eat and how you feel
• The truth about eating fast food healthfully

The Truth about GMOs
with Jeffrey Smith
Jeffrey M. Smith is an American consumer activist, self-published author and politician. He is the author of two books on genetically engineered foods, one of which, Genetic Roulette - The Gamble of Our Lives, he produced as a film in 2012. Smith has worked with organic food marketers and alternative health product promoters to advocate against genetically modified food.
In this talk you‘ll learn:
• Health problems related to eating genetically modified foods
• How to shop for GMO free foods
• The best thing you can do to help save our food supply

Agricultural Freedom for a Healthy America
with Eric Steenstra
Eric Steenstra is Executive Director of the Hemp Industries Association. For more information, visit www.TheHIA.org.
In this talk you‘ll learn:
• The history of industrail hemp in America
• The benefits of hemp as a food and crop
• How the Farm Bill impacts our food choices

The Slow Way To Fix Food: Is It The Best Way?
with Richard McCarthy
Richard McCarthy embodies the phrase “think globally; act locally.” He joined Slow Food USA as a member in 2001and has served as its Executive Director since January 2013 and is an advocate for food workers and farmers, has helped make it possible to use food stamps in farmer’s markets across the US, and played a key role in restarting the local agricultural economy after Hurrican Katrina, through the revival of farmers markets. From 2005 – 2007, Richard served as a founding President for the Farmers Market Coalition, the national voice for farmers markets, which contributed to the development of the US Department of Agriculture Farmers Market Promotion Program, yielding $32 million over seven years to farmers market innovation and professionalism.

The New Food Revolution
with John Robbins
John Robbins is the author of numerous books including The New Good Life: Living Better Than Ever in an Age of Less, and the international bestseller Diet For a New America: How Your Food Choices Affect Your Health, Happiness, and the Future of Life on Earth. John’s life is dedicated to creating an environmentally sustainable, spiritually fulfilling and socially just human presence on this planet.
In this talk you‘ll learn:
• How to buy organic food cheaply
• How medical schools are failing doctors…and us
• Get inspired to turn on your inner light and shine

5 Keys to Eating Well Anywhere!
with Jared Koch
Jared Koch graduated pre-med from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and is a nutritional consultant and health coach certified by the Teachers College of Columbia University, the Global Institute for Alternative Medicine and the Institute for Integrative Nutrition. Jared is also the creator and co-author of Clean Plates, the only nutritionist and food critic approved guide to the healthiest, tastiest and most sustainable restaurants in New York. Jared believes in offering individuals and groups that are committed to living a more conscious, healthier lifestyle the education, inspiration, resources, and support to be able to do so.
In this talk you‘ll learn:
• 5 keys to healthy eating
• How to keep your eyes on the prize and keep eating well at the top of your agenda
• How to eat out safely when you have special dietary needs

Getting Green, Healthy and Sexy in the Kitchen
with Candice Kumai
Candice Kumai former host of Lifetime’s Cook Yourself Thin and TLC’s Homemade Simple, traveled across Asia, NYC and LA as a fashion model by the age of 15. At 22 she received her professional culinary training at Le Cordon Bleu California School of Culinary Arts and cooked in several California-based restaurants. Candice was the youngest chef to compete on Bravo’s inaugural season of Top Chef at age, 23. As a major trendsetter and influencer, by the age of 30, Candice wrote and developed recipes for more than half a dozen cookbooks, including the New York Times #1 bestseller Cook Yourself Thin, The Skinny Bitch Cookbook, Recipe Rehab, Novak Djokovic’s Serve to Win and Shape Magazine’s, Bikini Body Diet.

Revolutionary Food Documentaries
with Nick Polizzi
Nick has spent the past four years directing and editing feature length documentaries about holistic alternatives to conventional medicine. Most recently, Nick directed “The Tapping Solution" and co-edited "Simply Raw - Raw for 30 Days". His current role as Producer of "The Sacred Science" stems from a calling to honor, preserve, and protect the ancient knowledge and rituals of the indigenous peoples of the world. BONUS: When you purchase the conference package you'll get access to The Sacred Science ebook by Nick Polizzi.

The State of Nutrition Education - What's Missing?
with Marion Nestle
Marion Nestle is Paulette Goddard Professor in the Department of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health and Professor of Sociology at New York University. Her degrees include a Ph.D. in molecular biology and an M.P.H. in public health nutrition, both from the University of California, Berkeley. She has been a member of the FDA Food Advisory Committee and Science Board, the USDA/DHHS Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee, and American Cancer Society committees that issue dietary guidelines for cancer prevention.
In this talk you‘ll learn:
• Which calories count…or do they?
• America's class-based health problem
• What parents can do to help their kids love good food

Food Shopping Secrets with the Super Market Guru
with Phil Lempert
For more than 25 years, Phil Lempert, an expert analyst on consumer behavior, marketing trends, new products and the changing retail landscape, has identified and explained impending trends to consumers and some of the most prestigious companies worldwide. Known as The Supermarket Guru® , Lempert is a distinguished author and speaker who alerts customers and business leaders to impending corporate and consumer trends, and empowers them to make educated purchasing and marketing decisions.
In this talk you‘ll learn:
• How to shop for real food, cheaply
• What you really need to know about food packaging
• Gluten-free labeling problems you might not know about

Powerful Plant Foods to Heal Our Families
with Dr. Neal Barnard
Neal Barnard, M.D., is a clinical researcher, author, and health advocate. Dr. Barnard is an Adjunct Associate Professor of Medicine at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences. He has been the principal investigator or coinvestigator on several clinical trials investigating the effects of diet on health. He is the author of dozens of publications in scientific and medical journals as well as numerous nutrition books for lay readers and is frequently called on by news programs to discuss issues related to nutrition, research issues, and other controversial areas in modern medicine.
In this talk you‘ll learn:
• Reversing Diabetes with food
• Weight loss with a plant based diet
• Protect yourself against alzheimer's disease with food

The Language of Weight Loss
with Karen Salmansohn
Karen Salmansohn is an author, Oprah columnist and consultant. Journalists call her “Deepak Chopra Meets Carrie Bradshaw” because of how she merges psychology/philosophy tips with edgy humor and stylish graphics.

About Your Host
Alex Jamieson
Alexandra (you can call her Alex) Jamieson, is a chef, food activist, nutrition teacher, consultant to the health food industry, author of the best-selling works The Great American Detox Diet, Vegan Living for Dummies, and Vegan Cooking for Dummies, and the woman behind the Oscar-nominated documentary Super Size Me. Her work has been featured on Oprah, Martha Stewart’s Living, CNN, NBC, and Dr. Oz’s Sharecare. Her non-judgemental approach to food and feeling great appeals to eaters of every kind, and her work has inspired countless others to transform their lives and food for the better. Alex traveled to over 20 countries premiering the film Super Size Me, and her books have been translated into six languages.