Nutritional & Integrative Treatments for Children & Adults

Featuring World Experts on 1) Nutritional & Environmental Medicine 2) Nutrient Therapy 3) Special Diets 4) Psychiatry 5) Brain Plasticity 6) Natural & Neuro Therapies

Finding Your Balance - Reducing Stress

Mindd Foundation proudly invites you to the 8th Mindd International Forum to be held at the Australian Turf Club in Sydney, 15-17 May, 2015.

This year’s forum will focus on “Finding Your Balance” with the objective of educating patients and training practitioners in effective solutions for the prevention and treatment of disease.

Health and Happiness are all about balance. With balance we can reduce physical and emotional stress on the body which in turn reduces oxidative stress (rusting of our cells) and inflammation (asthma is inflammation of the lungs; arthritis is inflammation of the joints; cardiac disease is involves inflammation of the heart; ADHD, anxiety, depression and Autism involve brain inflammation). Integrative healthcare works to balance all body systems including nutrient levels, hormones, brain chemistry, blood sugar, the musculo-skeletal system, energy and emotions.

The Mindd Forum offers education, empowerment and hope;

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  World experts instructing on a range of science-based nutritional, dietary, structural, neurological, behavioural and lifestyle solutions
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  Experienced carers coaching on effective health advocacy
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  Question and answer sessions with expert presenters
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  The opportunity to connect with other carers, patients and professionals
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  Introduction to dozens of products and services to support Integrative Healthcare

Practitioner Training will include a 3 day certification program combining 2 days of MAPS (US-based Medical Academy of Pediatric Special Needs) training and one day of Mindd training. The full 3 days is a prerequisite for certification and website listing.

General Public Education will include 3 streams; Food Is Medicine, Adult Health and Child-Teen Health.

Integrative Healthcare

Integrative Healthcare offers a holistic and personalised approach to treatment and prevention that supports the body’s innate ability to heal, grow, prevent and fight disease.  Whether you are a parent managing your child’s chronic condition or an adult wanting to prevent cancer or heart disease, the Mindd Forum offers solutions for you.

Modern diseases are at an all time high and are effecting our children in large numbers. Emerging research points to diet, toxins, infections and lifestyle impacting on the 70 trillion cells in the human body as well as the 700 trillion cells that make up the “good bugs” in our digestive tract. By recognising that disease is not solely genetic, we can take charge of our health as well as the wellbeing of future generations.

Best outcomes result from teams of well-trained professionals and educated patients who work together to select, sequence and integrate treatments that treat the whole individual with a focus on addressing core causes versus symptoms.

Modern Disease Epidemic – The Need for a New Approach

The alarming rates of chronic disease are a sign that we need to rethink prevailing healthcare practices & lifestyle

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  Almost half of the Australian population (45.5%) experiences mental illness at some point in their lifetime (1).
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  16-24 year old Australians have a mental illness prevalence of 25% with depression being the most common in females (2).
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  More than 20% of Australian teens suffer from some mental health condition (3)
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  1% of Australian children have Autism (4)
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  10% of Australian children struggle with ADHD (5)
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  Up to 70% of Australian children are low in iodine which lowers IQ (6)
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  Allergies affect 1 in 3 Australian children, Asthma 1 in 4 (7)
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  Childhood cancer, diabetes, obesity and depression have each more than doubled in two decades (8)

(1) (2) (3) Australian Community Surveys, 2007 (4) Autism; Autism ACT, B. Buckley, A4. (5) ADHD & Mental Health; M. Sawyer, Australia & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 2001 (6) Are Australian Children Deficient in Iodine. C.Eastman et al, University Sydney, 2006 (7) Allergies; B. Hill, Australian Society of Clinical Immunology & Allergy Annual Conference, Nov 2003. (8) Childhood Disease rise in Past 2 Decades; Dr R. Cosford, DAN! Conference 2009

Key Themes

• Food & Mood; allergies and intolerances
• The brain-immuno-gut connection
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  Understanding biomedicine; methylation, sulfation, oxidative stress, inflammation, mitochondrial dysfunction, biofilms, endocrine abnormalities, infections, detox,
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  Selecting and sequencing treatments for the individual; diet, supplements, structural, allied, neuro and behavioural therapies.
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  Treating & preventing the childhood epidemics; allergies, asthma, ADHD, Autism
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  Treating & preventing adult epidemics; anxiety, arthritis, asthma, cancer, dementia, depression, diabetes, heart disease and much more
• Optimising Cell Health for brain and body health and longevity
• Understanding epigenetics for optimal health
• Brain health for mental health, concentration, mood, memory
• Lifestyle Medicine-exercise, healthy home, sleep, community
• The Microbiome and its impact on brain and body health and development
• Choosing and reading lab tests
• Detecting and reversing early signs of illness
• Decoding the myths of “bad cholesterol” and calorie counting
• Opimising nutrients, neurotransmitters, hormones, breath, sleep and mood
• Brain plasticity & repair