Presenter: Kristi Hughes, ND
Format: Video of slides with synchronized audio

In this session, Dr. Hughes will explore the role nutrition and lifestyle play within the Functional Medicine paradigm. Foods can trigger inflammation and allergic responses; they often contain chemicals and compounds that challenge our health. As a clinician who practices Functional Nutrition and teaches patients about the therapeutic uses of food, Dr. Hughes will share her clinical successes in private practice and medical groups. Adopting a diet plan that features foods and nutrients that facilitate detoxification can transform a patient’s state of health. What foods are those? How can we use food to reduce our toxic body burden?  What foods are therapeutic and support detoxification pathways? Join Dr. Hughes as she explores these and many other food and nutrition-related topics.

Learning Objectives
- Define Functional Nutrition and the role it plays in functional and integrative medicine practices
- Identify the role toxicity can play in chronic disease and recognize clinical patterns associated with an elevated body burden
- Explore Functional Nutrition within a collaborative care team, integrating patient-oriented nutrition education in clinical practice