This webinar is free for AANP members, $39 for future members.

	12/5/2024
When:	Thursday December 5, 2024 8:00 PM Eastern
Where:	Sponsored by CanXida United States
Contact:	Diana Crumrine, NMD admin@naturopathic.org 202-849-6312

Candida is a commensal microorganism of the digestive tract of the majority of our patients. Due to common lifestyle factors and certain medications, Candida spp. can become overgrown, leading to a fungal predominant dysbiosis with sometimes severe systemic symptomatology. When present, it is an important piece of the chronic illness puzzle to address.  At times, gastrointestinal candidiasis can be the crux of chronic cases. 

Much online information is available and sometimes conflicting regarding dietary approaches to treating Candida overgrowth. Similarly, recommendations for how to address Candida from an antifungal perspective can vary widely. This can be confusing for both patients and clinicians. This presentation will cover straightforward and effective natural medicine strategies for combining diet and targeted supplementation to restore eubiosis and health in patients struggling with GI candida overgrowth.

Beyond only diet and antifungal approaches, Dr. Blake will discuss their general protocol that is grounded in naturopathic philosophy and systems biology, that you can use to gently help your patients move beyond Candida issues, while simultaneously setting the stage to prevent recurrence.

Learning Objectives

• Candida Organismal Basics (unique characteristics, qualities, benefits and harms to humans, etc.)

• Common Causes Of GI Candida Overgrowth

• What Overgrowth Looks Like/Signs and Symptoms In Clinical Practice

• The Appropriate Mental Framework To Guide Treatment Choices

• Effective Natural Therapeutics To Use Together For Synergy

• Additional Supportive Measures (functional nutrition/ specific foods as medicine, vagal tone, etc.)

  
  
  

SPEAKER BIOGRAPHY: Blake Myers, ND

Dr. Blake Myers is a  naturopathic physician, graduate school instructor, and author, with well over a decade of clinical practice experience. Dr. Blake’s  experience ranges from combat specific emergency medicine, to primary care, complex chronic illness, chronic pain, and integrative addiction medicine. Grounded in naturopathic principles and philosophy, Dr. Blake uses a root cause, vitalistic, and systems biology approach in their practice and also teaches these concepts in student instruction. 

Dr. Blake is the owner of Chiron Healing Arts, a mostly virtual naturopathic practice, and is a full time core faculty member at Saybrook University in the masters and PhD programs in Integrative and Functional Nutrition where they serve in curriculum development, instruction, and as a PhD dissertation committee member. In addition to the fields of medicine and teaching, you can often find Dr. Blake fly fishing in the Black Hills, playing and recording music, and going on bike rides with Leonidas, their 6 year old son.

This webinar is approved for 1 General CE by the AANP

A special thanks to our webinar sponsor