Skills Not Pills: Calming the Inflammation Superhighway With Focused Nutrition and Behavior Change
In recent years, the connections made between inflammation and a long list of chronic diseases have heightened study on the body’s response to inflammation and how to control it. Dr. Bubbs will explain inflammatory response and why it’s both necessary for, and detrimental to, human health. He also will discuss current philosophies exploring dietary patterns, specific foods (pro and con)—and the power of the mind—in the complex matrix of what provokes or calms the body.
Learning Objectives
- Learn the essential function of the process of inflammation
- Understand how excessive or chronic inflammation impacts health
- Learn how weight gain impacts inflammation and blood glucose control
- Learn how sleep loss, stress and poor immunity impacts inflammation
- Learn what 3 factors must be present to initiate behaviour change
- Develop strategies to support behavior change