Course Information
Food as Medicine
About
This program offers everything you need to know about using food to promote health and prevent and treat illness. Integrative nutritionist Kathie Madonna Swift and physician James S. Gordon team up with leaders in the worldwide movement for women’s health to present the most powerful, up-to-date nutrition science.
Enjoy a whole-body nutritional system tune-up, kitchen wisdom, lively cooking demonstrations, and nourishing spirituality that make healthy eating and vibrant living a reality for women of all ages.
The Center for Mind-Body Medicine will be presenting this training at the world-renowned Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health.
One of the ingredients for health is purpose and meaning, and life doesn’t make sense without it.
Mark Hyman, MD
Kathie Madonna Swift on Food As Medicine
Course director, Kathie Madonna Swift, MS, RDN, LDN, FAND shares why she is excited to introduce you to Food As Medicine for Women’s Health.
Training Schedule Download
Download: CMBM FAM for Women's Health Schedule
Training Schedule
Day 1: Wednesday, November 2, 2016
- 1:30 PM
- Registration Begins
- 5:30 – 7:00 PM
- Dinner
- 7:30-9:00 PM
- Welcome to Food As Medicine: Nutrition & the Art of Self-Care
Jim Gordon, MD & Kathie Madonna Swift, MS, RDN, LDN, FAND
Day 2 – Thursday, November 3, 2016
- 7:00 – 8:00 AM
- Breakfast
- 8:30 – 8:45 AM
- Announcements & Meditation
- 8:45 – 9:45 AM
- Ancestral Wisdom and Nutrition Today
John Bagnulo, MPH, PhD - 9:45 – 10:00 AM
- Break
- 10:00 – 11:00 AM
- DISH up Health: A Nutritional Systems Approach
Cindy Geyer, MD - 11:00 – 11:15 AM
- Break
- 11:15 AM – 12:15 PM
- Understanding Hormones: Just the Basics
Joel Evans, MD - 12:15 – 1:45 PM
- Lunch
Optional: Cooking Class with Jeremy Rock Smith, Kripalu Executive Chef[Registration required: FAMW-161: THU-PM-01] - 1:45 – 2:45 PM
- Prenatal Care: Window of Opportunity
Aviva Romm, MD - 2:45 – 3:00 PM
- Break
- 3:00 – 4:00 PM
- Vitamins for Women’s Health
John Bagnulo, MPH, PhD - 4:00 – 4:15 PM
- Break
- 4:15 – 5:00 PM
- Faculty Q&A
- 5:30 – 7:00 PM
- Dinner
Day 3: Friday, November 4, 2016
- 7:30 – 8:00 AM
- Breakfast
- Announcements & Meditation
- 8:45 – 9:45 AM
- Gut Bliss Robynne Chutkan, MD
- 9:45 – 10:00 AM
- Break
- 10:00 – 11:00 AM
- Nutrition Rx for Gut Health & Healing Robynne Chutkan, MD
- 11:00 – 11:30 AM
- Break
- 11:30 AM – 12:00 PM
- Mindful Eating Experience Jim Gordon, MD
- 12:00 – 1:30 PM
- Lunch
Optional: Cooking Class with Jeremy Rock Smith, Kripalu Executive Chef
[Registration required: FAMW-161: FRI-PM-01] - 1:30 – 2:30 PM
- Women and Autoimmunity Susan Blum, MD
- 2:30 – 2:40 PM
- Break
- 2:40 – 3:20 PM
- Mind-Body Experience Jim Gordon, MD
- 3:20 – 3:30 PM
- Break
- 3:30 – 4:30 PM
- Tired All the Time: Adrenal and Thyroid Health Aviva Romm, MD
- 4:30 – 5:00 PM
- Faculty Q&A
- 5:30 – 7:30 PM
- Dinner
- 7:30 – 9:00 PM
- “Saturday Night Live” Food Demo Jeremy Rock Smith, Kripalu Executive Chef
[Registration required; FAMW-161:FRI-PM-02
Day 4: Saturday, November 5, 2016
- 7:30 – 8:00 AM
- Breakfast
- Announcements & Meditation
- 8:45 – 9:45 AM
- Cancer and Nutition Elizabeth Boham MD, RDN
- 9:45 – 10:00 AM
- Break
- 10:00 – 11:00 AM
- Body Talk: Hair, Skin, Nails & More Kathie Madonna Swift MS, RDN, LDN, FAND
- 11:00 – 11:15 AM
- Break
- 11:15 AM – 12:15 PM
- Our Children, Our Selves Maya Shetreat-Klein, MD
- 12:15 – 1:45 PM
- Lunch
Optional: Cooking Class with Jeremy Rock Smith, Kripalu Executive Chef
[Registration required: FAMW-161: SAT-PM-01] - 1:45 – 2:45 PM
- Popular Diets: Trends and Truths Kathie Madonna Swift MS, RDN, LDN, FAND
- 2:45 – 3:00 PM
- Break
- 3:00 – 4:00 PM
- Vitamin Zzzz’s: Women and Sleep Cindy Geyer, MD
- 4:00 – 5:00 PM
- Faculty Q&A
- 5:00 – 7:30 PM
- Dinner
- 7:30 – 9:00 PM
- “Saturday Night Live” Food Demo Jeremy Rock Smith, Kripalu Executive Chef
[Registration required; FAMW-161:SAT-PM-02
Day 5: Sunday, November 6, 2016
- 7:30 – 8:00 AM
- Breakfast
- Announcements & Meditation
- 8:45 – 9:45 AM
- Creating a Personalized Plan for Optimal Health: Part 1 Cindy Geyer, MD
- 9:45 – 10:00 AM
- Break
- 10:00 – 10:45 AM
- Creating a Personalized Plan for Optimal Health: Part 2 Kathie Madonna Swift MS, RDN, LDN, FAND
- 10:45 – 11:00 AM
- Break
- 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
- Integrating FAM in your Life and Practice! FAM Faculty
- 12:00 – 1:00 PM
- Lunch
- Farewell!
Continued Education
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Tuition
Location
Hotel Information
Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health
57 Interlaken Road
Stockbridge, MA 01262
http://kripalu.org
Hotel Details
Food As Medicine for Women’s Health is being held at the beautiful Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health located in Stockbridge, MA. Room reservations may be made when you register for the training course at their website kripalu.org. If your preferred accommodation is not available, you can get daily commuter passes and stay at one of the inns or bed and breakfasts in the area. Contact us at [email protected] to get lodging options.
Room Rates
Total housing costs for all program nights; meals included:
Dormitory: $372.00
Standard: $492.00 and up
Standard Plus: $748.00 and up
Transportation Details
Please schedule your flights so that you will not miss any of the lectures!