Melanie Cole, MS

All About Childhood Obesity: Causes, Demographics, Solutions

      Childhood Obesity: Causes, Demographics, Solutions

      Short and Long Term Effects of Childhood Obesity

Melanie Cole, MS, has a Master of Science in Exercise Physiology/Kinesiology and is a Childhood Obesity expert. Melanie is the host of Healthy Children (in partnership with the American Academy of Pediatrics) and Train Your Body (with the American College of Sports Medicine) on RadioMD. Melanie also conducts seminars and lectures nationwide on nutrition, stress reduction, balance, posture and a wide variety of health related topics. She has been featured in Shape Magazine, Inside Sports, Lerner Newspapers, and many more.

Additionally, Melanie is a practicing exercise physiologist/personal trainer with a client retention rate of 20+ years; nearly unheard of in the world of personal trainers.

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Corinn Cross, MD

Get Moving: Exercise is Key for Preventing Childhood Obesity

      Fit to Play: Exercise is Key for Preventing Childhood Obesity

Dr. Corinn Cross was born and raised in New Jersey. She attended Barnard College where she graduated cum laude and majored in philosophy. She went on to attend the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey in Newark, NJ, where she was selected for the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society. Dr. Cross did her internship and residency in pediatrics at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. Dr. Cross has continued to work at CHLA as a general pediatrics attending.

Dr. Cross is actively involved in her local AAP, Chapter 2, where she is an obesity champion. She is co-founder of the Fit to Play and Learn Obesity Prevention curriculum. Through a collaboration between AAP Chapter 2 and the L.A. Unified School District this curriculum is being used to educate at-risk students and their parents on the risks of obesity and to help them to lead healthier lives. Dr. Cross is an AAP Spokesperson and speaks to children throughout the L.A. school district about obesity, healthy lifestyles and the benefits of walking to school.

Dr. Cross is a member of the Executive Board for the AAP’s Council on Communications and Media. She is the Editor of the Council on Communications and Media’s blog.

American Academy of Pediatrics

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Ashley Koff, RD

Anti-Obesity Movement: Nutrition Tips for Both Parents & Kids

      Anti-Obesity Movement: Nutrition Tips for Both Parents and Kids

Ashley Koff is an internationally-renowned registered dietitian who believes better nutrition is simple and is on a mission to help anyone achieve their personal health goals by providing simple but highly effective tips and strategies. A self-described “Qualitarian,” Koff emphasizes the value of quality nutritional choices in achieving optimal health and has developed tools such as The AKA Qualitarian Nutrition Plan and The AKA Personal Shopper to help facilitate this.

Koff is widely sought after for her knowledge and ability to translate nutrition science into practical and motivating messages and appears regularly in the National Media, has authored two books and speaks frequently on the topic of better quality choices for better health.

Ashley Koff, RD: Better Nutrition, Simplified

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Nature’s Secrets with Dr. Susanne Bennett

On this Episode: The Keys to Solving Childhood Obesity

      The Keys to Solving Childhood Obesity

Dr. Susanne will discuss the keys to solving childhood obesity.

Jayson Calton, PhD
Mira Calton, CN

The Micronutrient Miracle

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.

As the authors of the bestselling books, NAKED CALORIES & RICH FOOD, POOR FOOD, and founders of Calton Nutrition and the Calton Institute of Lifestyle Medicine, the Caltons dedicate themselves to their belief that micronutrient deficiency is the most widespread and dangerous health condition of the 21st century. They continue their work as private consultants teaching their trademark nutritional lifestyle program to a worldwide clientele. They are currently offering their Certified Micronutrient Specialist (CMS) Professional Certificate Program through the Calton Institute of Lifestyle Medicine and promoting their highly anticipated third book THE MICRONUTRIENT MIRACLE – The 28-Day Plan to Lose Weight, Increase Your Energy, and Reverse Disease. As innovators in the field of dietary supplement science, the Caltons have identified and mapped out dozens of micronutrient competitions. They have been granted a U.S patent on their original research on micronutrient competition and are the formulators of nutreince™, the world’s first multivitamin using this patented Anti-Competition™ technology.

Always working as a team, the Caltons are columnists, contributing editors and quoted experts in multiple local and national publications and media outlets, including FOX and FRIENDS, CNN, Wall Street Journal, FIRST for women, Happening Now, Headline News, The Daily Buzz, Daytime, NBC, ABC, CBS, AOL Travel, Shape, HealthystyleNY, Mr. and Mrs. Smith, Jetsetter, 1000 things to do before you die and many more. In addition they write, Optimal Life, their blog which will cover a variety of nutritional and health related topics including diet, supplementation, weight loss, fitness, and wellness travel. Through their unique charismatic personalities and relatable qualities, the Caltons prove that two are better than one. As a couple, they bring amazing energy, personal experience, passion and knowledge to an important subject that people are just beginning to buzz about – the overwhelming health benefits of a micronutrient sufficient lifestyle.

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Cammi Balleck, PhD

Happy is the New Sexy

Author and Expert Cammi Balleck has been a featured guest on TBN NETWORKS, VERIA, HALLMARK, FOX NEWS NATIONALLY, and the CW stations in Denver.  Cammi has a doctorate of naturopathy, and she is Board Certified by the American Naturopathic Certification Board (ANCB). Specializing in women’s health, Cammi has over 13 years experience, specializing in all aspects of women’s health from weight loss to happiness and stress to bio-chemical balance.  She has been a women’s health expert for  FIRST MAGAZINE FOR WOMEN  O, Prevention, Fit Pregnancy, Women’s Health, Woman’s World this month pg 17 with Dr Oz, Women’s Day, Fitness, Shape.  Her passions are helping everyone improve their health and life. Cammi says her highest service is to help others be happy. Cammi enjoys everyday of her life, She enjoys her husband and loves the outdoors and climbing 14,000 foot mountains.

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Nature’s Secrets with Dr. Susanne Bennett

On this Episode: The Magic of Magnesium

More than 50% of the US population suffer from Magnesium Deficiency…join Dr. Susanne on Nature’s Secrets where she will share:

1. The reasons why you want optimal levels of Magnesium
2. Where foods are highest in Magnesium and
3. What are the best supplement sources of Magnesium

Dr. Keith Kantor

The Relationship Between A Poor Diet and Substance Abuse

In the United States, over 16.6 million Americans reported having a problem with alcohol. Of that number, over 1.3 million sought help for their drinking problems through a recovery program. Another 22.7 million Americans report having a drug addiction. The relapse rate of those suffering from substance abuse is high. Often cited as factors are lifestyle, economic situation, and peer pressure. Yet often overlooked is nutrition. New studies show that a person’s diet can actually be a greater factor in alcohol and drug abuse. Why has this often been overlooked? How is diet and nutrition related to drug abuse and alcoholism?

Able to answer this and more is Dr. Keith Kantor, a leading nutritionist and founder of the NAMED program. Dr. Kantor has established a program that creates healthy menus for those suffering from substance abuse and educates them so they don’t relapse. He can discuss in detail the correlation between a bad diet and substance abuse.

BIO:
Dr. Kantor has been an advocate of natural food and healthy living for 30 years. In 1994 he was appointed CEO of Service Foods, Inc., the largest all natural food company of its kind in the United States. He is currently the CEO and Founder of the NAMED Program, which frees people from addiction through nutrition.

He has a PhD in Nutritional Science, a Doctorate in Naturopathic Medicine, and a Doctorate in Business Entrepreneurship. He also holds undergraduate degrees in Biology and Chemistry.

Dr. Kantor has been married for 39 years to Karen DeFiore Kantor. Karen is a registered nurse and is Director of Nursing for Service Foods, Green Box Foods, Blue Ribbon Foods and Southern Foods At Home. They have two children. Kimberly is the General Manager for Lifetime Fitness at the Dallas area Diamond gym. She is a graduate of the University of Tennessee. Ryan received his undergraduate degree from Clemson University and his Master degree from the University of Georgia. He is currently employed with Georgia Pacific in Atlanta Georgia as Marketing Research Manager.

Specialties: The premier doctor correlating nutritional food science with preventing and mitigating disease. Chaired the Natural Products Committee requested by Congress on product criteria and label specifications for all natural foods in the United States. Chaired the Blue Ribbon panel requested by Congress on lowering health care costs in the United States. He is on the Board of Directors and Vice President of the All Natural Food Council of North America, a 55 year old 501C3 that helps govern the all natural food industry. He is also on the Communications Committee for the Natural Products Association, a 75 year old 501C3, that is the voice of the natural products industry and works very close with Congress.
Dr. Kantor has been an officer in the U.S. Marine Corps since 1976, and still serves in the reserves.

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Amy Greeson

Superfoods from Ancient Cultures

Amy Greeson, Natural Discoveries, Inc. CEO, brings over 23 years of experience as a registered pharmacist who formerly specialized in integrative medicine. Greeson has traveled extensively to study indigenous healing methods and plant based medicine, having led expeditions to the Amazon and Andes, Ecuador, Madagascar, and Papua New Guinea. Additional travels to regions in Peru, Belize, Costa Rica, Bolivia, Guatemala, and Mexico have furthered her study and research with herbal and botanical medicine. In January, she will lead a team into the Republic of the Congo for a 2 month expedition.
A 1990 graduate of UNC- Chapel Hill School of Pharmacy, Amy’s background includes serving as President of the UNC-CH Pharmacy School’s Academy of Students of Pharmacy (the student branch of the American Pharmaceutical Association); awarded one of the prestigious National Pharmacy Internships in Research and Development at Burroughs Welcome Pharmaceutical Company. An externship with the Public Health Service led to stints in Anchorage, Kotzebue and Bethel, Alaska before eventually returning home to North Carolina to join the family business, an independent pharmacy of 28 years.
In 2006, she founded and presently serves as the Executive Director to Healing Seekers, (www.healingseekers.com), a 501c3 non-profit which creates unique educational materials for school systems and educators. Materials are with one of the largest on-line media venues, with distribution to over 50,000 schools in the US alone.

Amy’s work in remote bio-diverse countries with indigenous people, searching for novel medical treatments, has attracted interviews with NPR on several occasions, Australian Public Radio, and numerous articles and other press including ‘International Policy Digest’ and an article in the NYC publication, ‘Women Around Town’.

Her upcoming book, And the Silent Spoke, will be available early 2016.

You can find out more about Amy and her exploration through her social networks. Connect with Amy Greeson on facebook or exploringwithamy on Instagram.

If you would like to support Amy’s upcoming journey to the Congo please search Congo Expedition for Education at gofundme.com or check out her natural products at Seekbeauty.com.

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Nature’s Secrets with Dr. Susanne Bennett

On this Episode: Your Gut’s Brewery

Your Gut’s Brewery – Whether you are drinking alcohol or not! Auto-Intoxication May Be Why You Feel Like You Have a Hangover every morning!

Dr. Jason W. Kelberman, DC, BCIM, DMBBP

Neuropathy Pain Treatment

The letters after Dr. Kelberman’s name refer to: DC-doctor of chiropractic, BCIM-Board certified Integrative Medicine, DMBBP-Diplomate in manipulative therapy. Dr. Kelberman’s life’s work is a specialty known as “Applied Kinesiology”. That means the study of the movement of the body. Our bodies are moved by muscles and Dr. Kelberman is a master of diagnosing and treating muscle, tendon, ligament and nerve dysfunction.

URL: losangelesneuropathycenter.com

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Brant Cortright, PhD

The Neurogenesis Diet & Lifestyle

Brant Cortright, Ph.D., is a highly respected clinical psychologist and Professor of Psychology at California Institute of Integral Studies. His consulting practice specializes in cutting-edge brain health and neuroscience-informed depth therapy. He is the author of two previous books published by SUNY Press, Psychotherapy and Spirit as well as Integral Psychology.

URL: NeurogenesisDiet.com

 

 

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Nature’s Secrets with Dr. Susanne Bennett

July 24th: Dr. Susanne will discuss how to Detox and Recharge your Brain!

      Nature's Secrets: Detoxify Your Brain

1. What’s the Glymphatic System?

2. How to Oxygenate your brain to reverse brain aging!

3. Powerful brain supplements to spark up your memory!

 

Justin and Le-Anne Noble

Your Child’s Body: How to Teach Your Child about Their Body 101

Justin Noble is a certified nutrition coach, children’s book author, and long time lover of children’s stories. Raised in the Texas Hill Country, Justin relocated to New York City where he was inspired with the idea behind the My Body Village series, co-created with wife Le-Anne.

Le-Anne Noble has a BA in creative writing and a BA in theatre performance from Western Michigan University, and received her MFA in acting from the University of Florida. She’s been acting since the age of 5, making her professional debut at the young age of 11. She has worked professionally in children’s entertainment for over a decade.

The Nobles spent their honeymoon year teaching English to children in Asia and currently live in Los Angeles, CA.

Learn more about Le-Anne and Justin Noble at www.MyBodyVillage.com and connect on Twitter, Facebook and Pinterest.

My Body Village: Artie’s Party Featuring The Vita-Men! is available on www.MyBodyVillage.com, Amazon and, coming soon, Steven the Stomach.

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Joelle Casteix

How to Prevent Your Child from Being Bullied

Joelle Casteix, the leading national expert on the prevention of child sex abuse and cover-up, was fifteen when she was victimized by her teacher.

 

In the years since, she has worked with more than 1,000 adult victims of child sex crimes across the globe. Her expertise includes an in-depth understanding and recognition of patterns of abuse, predatory behaviors, grooming, prevention, institutional disregard, and criminal cover-up. Since 2003, Joelle has been the volunteer Western Regional Director of SNAP, the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests and has traveled the world exposing abusers, helping victims get healing, justice and accountability, and researching predatory abuse patterns in institutions. Her new book, The Well-Armored Child: A Parent’s Guide to Preventing Sexual Abuse, hits bookstores on September 15, 2015.

A former journalist, educator, and public relations professional, Joelle Casteix has taken her own experience as a victim of child sex crimes and devoted her career to exposing abuse, advocating on behalf of survivors, and spreading abuse prevention strategies for parents and communities. She has presented to hundreds of audiences all over the world, including on the TEDx stage, on subjects such as abuse prevention, victim outreach, victims’ rights in the civil justice system, and parenting safer children. She is a regular speaker for the National Center for Victims of Crime, the Institute on Violence, Abuse and Trauma and The Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests.

Casteix’s blog, The Worthy Adversary, is one of the leading sources for information and commentary on child sexual abuse prevention and exposure. She graduated from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and completed graduate work in education at the University of Colorado, Denver. A wanna-be ski bum, she lives in southern California with her husband and young son.

 

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Michele Kambolis

Generation Stressed

Michele skillfully combines her knowledge of Conscious Parenting and Neuroscience into her speaking events for a unique presentation that always leaves her audience walking away with motivational tools for change.

Michele Kambolis, MA, is a Child and Family Therapist. She is the founder of Chi Kids, and writes a national parenting column called “Parent Traps” for the Vancouver Sun and other Postmedia newspapers. Her new book, Generation Stressed: Play-Based Tools to Help Your Child Overcome Anxiety, has been endorsed by leading psychologists around the world. It revolutionizes the way we parent ourselves and our children.
Michele has contributed to or been featured in media outlets such as Huffington Post Live, FOX 5 News, Canada AM, Sirius Satellite Radio, Global News, CTV and many more. She is a keynote speaker at conferences and workshops around the world.

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June Silny

The Ever Present Generation Gap

June is a personal excellence coach and writer. Her recent article, “20 Things To Remember If You Love Someone Who Has ADD,” was a viral sensation with over 2 million shares. June writes about her life with ADHD on her website- http://junesilny.com. Read more on how she teaches people to stress less, sleep better, stop fighting, and love more.

 

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Nature’s Secrets with Dr. Susanne Bennett

July 17th: Dr. Susanne will discuss NATURAL Teen Health including sleep and hormone fluctuations.

      Nature's Secrets: Natural Options for Teen Health