The Price Pottenger Nutrition Foundation presents
NUTRITION THAT HEALS From Generations of Research
Wednesday April 21, 2010

Pioneering researchers in the field of health and nutrition have found a strong link between diet, vitality, and disease-free survival of all populations studied. Today, those who continue to consume their traditional foods, which vary throughout the world, enjoy long-term health that is the envy of their “civilized” counterparts. 

In response to the need for reliable information on nutrition, ACAM and PPNF have partnered to offer a comprehensive program in diet and supplementation. This seminar is the first part of an extensive educational program that will soon become available.

This seminar will cover:

• The importance of the pioneering research of Weston A. Price, DDS, and Francis M. Pottenger, Jr., MD.
• How to apply the wisdom of traditional diets to prevent modern-day diseases and improve health.
• What a healthy diet really is, how this has been validated, and what dietary changes are the most important while working with your patients.
• The role of essential animal fats in human nutrition and the benefits of select vegetable fats when used properly.
• Why kidney and liver laboratory tests are unreliable and the importance of supporting these organs with appropriate supplements.
• The current misguided theory on cholesterol.
• The myths surrounding vegetarianism.
• Healthy and unhealthy dairy products.
• Methods of reducing exposure to environmental toxins and effective ways to work on detoxifying your patient population.
• Why we need nutritional supplements, with specific recommendations of products David finds to work best with his patients (no financial interest involved).
• Recommended books and resources to use in educating your patients. These include historical, multi-generational studies showing that veganism is not the best diet for long-term health.

Adequate time will be given for Q&A so that all questions are answered, especially those regarding liver and kidney support, nutritional supplementation, and detoxification.


Target Audience:
This course is designed for all physicians, nutritionists, and other health care professionals who use nutrition in their practice. It is also for those interested in incorporating nutrition into their patient's treatment plan and want information they can trust.


Learning Objectives:
At the end of this educational activity, attendees should be able to:

• Identify how traditional diets differ from one another and from our industrialized diets. 
• Review which diseases seem to be non-existent in those eating traditional diets.
• Explain what are the greatest differences in diet.
• Discuss with patients the most important aspects of nutrition to help them improve their health and reduce their risks.
• Assess how traditional diets soundly disprove the already shaky cholesterol theory.
• Evaluate the vegetarian diet and its impact on health.
• Recognize healthy animal and vegetable fats in a traditional diet.
• Identify and reduce toxic exposures in our patient's lives and in society.
• Prescribe the appropriate nutritional supplements due to the body's increased demand and decreased levels in the food supply.
• Evaluate liver and kidney function and it's role in diet and health.

About the Speaker:
David Getoff is a Board Certified Clinical Nutritionist, a Board Certified Traditional Naturopath and is Board Certified in Integrative Medicine. He is an elected member of both the American College of Nutrition and the International College of Integrative Medicine.

David is also a professional member of the American Holistic Medical Association, the International Association of Oral Medicine and Toxicology, and the New York Academy of Sciences.

David is the Vice-President of the 58 year old non-profit Price Pottenger Nutrition Foundation, and is a Fellow of the American Association of Integrative Medicine.

He is the co-author of Reduce Blood Pressure Naturally and has developed, produced and published over a dozen educational DVD's on subjects including Cancer, Diabetes, Healthy Eating, Heart Disease, Nutritional Supplements and more.

David's health course, -Attaining Optimal Health in the 21st Century, - is one of the best attended classes of the Grossmont Cuyamaca College Adult Education department, and has been running every semester for the past 18 years.

When he is not seeing patients in his office, David is often giving lectures around San Diego and around the country both to health professionals and to the public. 


The Price-Pottenger Nutrition Foundation® is a non-profit, 501(c)(3) educational corporation, originally founded in 1952. The foundation is committed to protecting, preserving, and disseminating the research of Drs. Price and Pottenger whose studies of the role of whole, living foods in human nutrition provide the basis for understanding our current state of health.

PPNF publishes the quarterly Journal of Health and Healing and offers lectures, books, and audio/video materials on current health and nutrition issues.

David Getoff has a private practice in nutrition and traditional naturopathy in San Diego, CA and has been educating heath care professionals and the public on how to attain optimal health for the past 18 years.