2013 NW Natural Health Clinic Naturopathic Classes

Northwest Natural Health is committed to helping you understand your body, its innate ability to heal and ways to improve your overall health and wellness. We collaborate with Swedish Cancer Institute and the Center for Cardiovascular Wellness at the Seattle Heart & Vascular Institute of Swedish Hospital to provide the following classes.
For Swedish Medical Center classes see www.swedish.org
For Children’s Hospital and Regional Medical Center classes see www.seattlechildrens.org
For Seattle Cancer Care Alliance classes see www.seattlecca.org
For UW Medical Center classes see www.uwmedicine.org
For Highline Medical Center classes see www.highlinemedical.org
For Valley Medical classes see www.valleymed.org
For Virginia Mason Hospital and Medical Center classes see www.virginiamason.org

Food, Mood and You

Good food, good mood! Discover how foods can affect your mood and see the connections between what you eat and how you feel. Learn how this applies to the challenges faced during treatment and recovery of cancer and illness in general. Naturopathic physician, Kathleen Pratt will provide some practical tips on what you can do to maintain balance and wellness. Co-sponsored by Northwest Natural Health.

Hot Flashes and Related Symptom Management

Natural medicine offers safe ways to manage hot flashes without the use of hormone therapy. With these simple, practical tips, you'll sleep better and feel better all day. Diet, lifestyle tips and nutritional supplementation will be covered by naturopathic physician Kathleen Pratt. Co-sponsored by Northwest Natural Health.

Women's Natural Guide to Avoiding Cancer

Come join naturopathic physician, Lisa Price to learn how to maintain good health and minimize your risk of getting cancer. Co-sponsored by Northwest Natural Health.

Let's Cook it Right: Fighting Cancer with Food

Learn to make several meals containing nutrients that are especially helpful during and after cancer treatment. Learn about:

• The nutrients these meals contain and how they benefit your body
• The best foods for immune support
• Foods that have apparent cancer fighting properties

Breast Cancer and Nutrition

Complementary and alternative medicine strategies include diet, vitamins, minerals, herbs, other nutritional supplements and many other treatments. When it comes to the unique and important issues experienced with breast cancer, learn which strategies work and which do not from naturopathic physician, Kathleen Pratt. Co-sponsored by Northwest Natural Health.

• Learn about dietary risks for breast cancer
• Learn about a healthy diet for breast cancer patients and survivors
• Learn about the role of soy and fats

Getting Your Cardiovascular & Physical Strength Back after Cancer Treatment

Join naturopathic physician, Dan Labriola for a class focused on restoring your cardiovascular and physical health after cancer treatment. Co-sponsored by Northwest Natural Health.

• Learn how endurance and cardiovascular status recover after treatment
• Understand how diet, exercise, herbal interventions and other strategies affect recovery
• Be able to develop a safe and sensible plan for optimizing cardiovascular function and endurance

Neuropathy: How to Address it to Mitigate it's Intensity

Neuropathy, including numbness of fingers and toes, tingling in any part of the body, shooting pains and radiating discomfort can occur from cancer as well as a side effect of some chemotherapies, surgeries and radiation.

There are new, effective treatments that can frequently prevent, minimize or resolve this problem. Join us to hear about how these strategies work.

Let's Cook it Right: Fighting Cancer with Food

Learn to make several meals containing nutrients that are especially helpful during and after cancer treatment. Learn about:

• The nutrients these meals contain and how they benefit your body
• The best foods for immune support
• Foods that have apparent cancer fighting properties