Lifestyle Medicine “ Living Consciously”How a patient’s lifestyle choices impact their health and strategies to address positive changes in their lives.Functional Medicine- “Form Follows Function”How to approach a disease process by identifying the root cause and tailoring the treatment to alleviate the root cause not simply treat the symptoms.Diet and Nutrition - “You are what you eat”Knowledge regarding nutrition and diet as they relate to disease prevention and immune surveillance.Vitamins, Antioxidants and “ biologically active compounds”Knowledge of the daily requirements of vitamins and antioxidants as well as natural sources of these is missing. Knowing how and when to supplement the diet is essential for health and wellness.Breast Cancer prevention and early detectionPhysicians rarely focus on the fact that 75% of breast cancers are preventable with lifestyle modification. Education regarding the ability to positively change their patient’s risk profile is needed.Obesity – “The growing trend in America and the World”Understanding that obesity is epidemic and responsible for a majority of our preventable diseases.Integrative Therapies in Western MedicineWestern medical professions have minimal understanding how complementary and integrative therapies can enhance their patients care.Exercise- “ Physical activity a mandatory lifestyle change”Upon completion of this section, the clinician should possess an understanding of basic exercise physiology and how regular physical activity can lead to decreased cardiac risk and the risk of other diseases.Weight Loss- “Surgical intervention and the diet disasters” Pitfalls and positivesAt the completion of the weight management session, the practitioner should feel comfortable counseling patients onweight lossoptions complete with the risks, benefits and alternatives to each.Holistic Approach to Menopause and Osteoporosis- “A more natural way to face the changes”Upon completion of a holistic approach to menopause the clinician should feel comfortable discussing the non-pharmacological interventions for osteoporosis prevention and easing thesymptoms of menopause.Cardiac Disease PreventionUpon completion of the Cardiac disease prevention segment, the practitioner should be able to educate patients as to what opportunities for improvement they have in their individual cases. Creating open direct communication with patients is essential.Skin Care for Life - The pathophysiology of agingUpon completion of this segment, clinicians should be able to discuss epi-genetics and the aging process. They should have gained knowledge of how these processes can be halted and possibly reversed.