Presenter: Doni Wilson, ND, CPM, CNS

Original Date: April 17, 2016

Chronic, stress-related conditions and complaints are becoming increasingly common among our patients. Problems like anxiety, sleep disorders, autoimmunity, fibromyalgia, infertility, obesity, diabetes, Alzheimer’s disease and many others are often recognized as being linked to stress. But most people - doctors and patients alike - tend to think of stress as a psychological, emotional or lifestyle issue, without understanding the underlying, biological mechanics of stress. Even fewer understand the direct correlation between food and stress. In this presentation Dr. Doni Wilson dispels our society’s common beliefs about stress. She explains what stress actually is, and how certain foods act as stressors on the body. Looking through the “lens” of stress, she explores food from the perspectives of intestinal permeability, dysbiosis, oxidative stress and inflammation, and analyzes how toxins, dysglycemia and chronic infections act as stressors on the body.

1.5 General CEUs approved by OBNM