Description: One Stage. Two Powerhouse Clinicians. One Chance to Transform Your Practice. For the first time ever, Cindi Lockhart, RDN, LD, IFNCP, and Vanessa Ruiz, ND, RN-BSN, are taking the stage together to deliver their #1 bestselling Food as Medicine Certification Course —the training that's transformed thousands of practices and finally cracked the code on the treatment-resistant cases that have stumped you for years. Past participants call it lifechanging. Practice-changing. Unforgettable. And this event takes it to the next level. You'll get your hands on 2026's breakthrough clinical research, transformative protocols already changing patient outcomes nationwide, and evidence-based interventions no other training is teaching yet. This is where everything clicks for you. • Complex nutrition science becomes practical Monday-morning protocols • Chronic inflammation, gut dysfunction, autoimmunity, and metabolic disorders finally make sense—and you gain best tools to address them holistically. • You'll learn to harness nutrition as the most powerful tool for disease prevention—helping your patients avoid chronic illness before it starts, not just manage it after it arrives. You’ll walk away ready to: • Uncover the gut, hormone, and metabolic root causes your conventional toolkit was never designed to find • Create food-as-medicine protocols that get results—fast • Navigate supplements, diet wars, GLP-1, and elimination protocols with evidence-based confidence • Become the clinician your most complex patients have been searching for

Objectives: 1. Evaluate nutritional status, stress levels, and autonomic nervous system function in clinical practice. 2. Analyze how oxidative stress, chronic inflammation, and blood sugar dysregulation drive disease progression in patients. 3. Identify hidden sources of inflammation in food labels, ingredient lists, and beverage choices to guide patient education. 4. Differentiate between omega-3s, saturated fats, and trans fats to make evidence-based fat recommendations for patients. 5. Determine adequate protein requirements for diverse patient populations. 6. Evaluate supplement quality, bioavailability, and evidence-based applications to build personalized protocols. 7. Distinguish between food allergies, sensitivities, and intolerances and apply the N of 1 approach to guide elimination protocols. 8. Identify root causes of systemic dysfunction from assessment of gut function through digestion, intestinal permeability, microbiome health, and the estrobolome. 9. Apply the 5R protocol (Remove, Replace, Reinoculate, Repair, Rebalance) to create step-by-step gut healing plans for patients. 10. Compare components of the Standard American Diet to anti-inflammatory diets that drive or reduce disease risk. 11. Evaluate popular diets (Mediterranean, Paleo, Keto, Vegan, Intermittent Fasting) and determine appropriate applications based on patient health status and goals. 12. Analyze the roles of ghrelin, leptin, and insulin in appetite regulation and metabolic health. 13. Develop evidence-based nutrition strategies for patients on GLP-1 medications to optimize outcomes and minimize side effects. 14. Examine how lifestyle factors (diet, stress, sleep, exercise, environmental toxins) impact thyroid function, sex hormones, cortisol, and insulin sensitivity. 15. Apply behavior change frameworks to address food guilt, compliance fatigue, and homeostatic vs. hedonic eating patterns in order to build sustainable nutrition plans with patients. 16. Apply nutrition strategies to support patients with anxiety, depression, insomnia, and chronic fatigue. 17. Develop personalized food-as-medicine protocols for complex cases including diabetes, metabolic syndrome, hypertension, autoimmunity, chronic pain, and post-viral syndromes. 18. Determine when histamine intolerance, mast cell activation syndrome, or other emerging conditions require specialized nutritional interventions. 19. Integrate sleep hygiene strategies, stress management techniques, and circadian rhythm alignment into patient care plans while recognizing red flags and appropriate referral criteria.

Status: Active

Activity Difficulty Level: Mastery

Domains:

• Assessment
• Evaluation and Diagnosis
• Health Care Administration and Professional Responsibility
• Risk Reduction
• Wellness and Health Literacy
• Therapeutic Intervention

Dual Credentials and JA: Chiropractors, Physical Therapy Professionals, Physician Assistants, Physicians

Cost: $0.00

CEUs: 0–19