Optimising Metabolic Health in Women
HALF DAY TRAINING WORKSHOP
SUN 29 SEPT, 8AM - 12:30PM AEST
If your patients feel tired and hungry all the time...
and they can’t lose weight...
Insulin resistance and metabolic inflexibility could be why. Â
They’re common problems that affect close to half the adult population and are major drivers of weight gain, mental health symptoms, and menstrual irregularities.
Left untreated, insulin resistance and metabolic inflexibility can progress to diabetes and increase the risk of heart disease and dementia.
In this workshop, we will combine our expertise in sports nutrition and women’s health to continue our evolving conversation about women’s metabolic health and bring you up-to-date assessment and treatment protocols for women of any age.
“Thank you! I found the course structure and materials very useful. There were clear slides on everything but I especially found the slides on weight loss, circadian rhythms & nervous system particularly valuable.”
Lindsey
Nutritional Therapist
“I found the deep dive into the finer details of perimenopause/menopause very valuable. I also appreciated the little tips and tricks to take into clinic.”
Jacqui Cooper
Dr Chinese Medicine & Acupuncture
Optimising Metabolic Health in Women
Optimising Metabolic Health in Women
SUNDAY 29 SEPT 2024
Session 1: 8am to 10am (AEST/SYDNEY)
Session 2: 10.30am to 12.30pm (AEST/SYDNEY)
As always, there will be plenty of opportunities to ask questions.
Recordings will be made available to all registrants.
This workshop covers the following:
- Why it’s not about body size.
- Drivers of abnormally high hunger.
- The great hijacking of the brain's metabolic regulatory mechanism.
- Dispelling shame.
- Fuel partitioning and crossover point.
- Why it matters for everyone, even non-athletes.
- Mitochondria and muscle.
- How fat-adaptation is different from keto-adaptation.
- Causes and drivers of insulin resistance.
- Signs and symptoms.
- Differences between visceral and subcutaneous fat.
- Pathology testing, tracking, and wearables.
- Overview of a troubleshooting approach.
- Special topic: gynoid fat and lipedema.
- Embracing different body shapes and activity preferences.
- Eating according to circadian rhythm.
- Understanding meal-timing and therapeutic fasting within the context of body type, activity level, and reproductive stage.
- If you improve metabolic health, energy balance will follow.
- Learning from stumbles and making a new identity
- Special topic: introduction to food addiction (we’ll cover more next year).
The Q&A session offers participants the opportunity to clarify learning ask specific questions about the workshop topics. This interactive segment ensures that all attendees leave with a clear understanding of the topics discussed and practical insights to apply.
Key learning outcomes of this workshop include understanding:
The underlying drivers of metabolic dysfunction, including the obesogenic modern food environment.
Fuel partitioning and fat adaptation.
Assessment and tracking of insulin resistance in women.
Body types and chronotypes, and the role they play in metabolic health.
“I am 100% happy that I attended. I felt really motivated and stimulated, for me as much as my clients. The research was translated into do-able actions. Thanks so very much for excellent information presented beautifully.”
Jane Hutchens
Naturopath, Lecturer, Writer
“This training really refined the thoughts I already had in regards to insulin sensitivity in the over 40 population and I'm more confident to try out some fasting options both personally and professionally.”
Wendy Burke
Naturopath
The knowledge shared in this workshop is primarily designed for health and wellness practitioners and students, however, we believe it also highly useful information for any woman who wants to better understand her body, hormones, and her health; so we welcome anyone who wishes to enrol including general public, personal trainers, athletes, fitness enthusiasts and health coaches.
Workshop Registrations
This is a virtual workshop. All registered participants will receive access to the session recordings and resources.
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AUD $300
2 x 2hr LIVE Zoom Workshop Sessions and Q&A on 29th September 2024
Recordings of Workshop Sessions
Downloadable Resources
CPE Certificate
Payment after Sept 29 gives you access to recordings and resources only, no live event.
Workshop Presenters
LARA BRIDEN
Naturopathic Doctor, Best-Selling Author, Speaker
Lara Briden is a naturopathic doctor and the bestselling author of Period Repair Manual, Hormone Repair Manual, and Metabolism Repair for Women—practical guides to treating women's health with nutrition, supplements, and body-identical hormones. A graduate of the Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine (1997) and the University of Calgary (evolutionary biology), Lara serves on several scientific advisory committees, including The Centre for Ovulation and Menstruation Research (CeMCOR) at the University of British Columbia.
She is a popular speaker and has delivered keynote presentations for the Endocrinology Association of Naturopathic Physicians (EndoANP), the Australasian Integrative Medicine Association (AIMA), the Australasian College of Nutritional and Environmental Medicine (ACNEM), and the University of Canterbury.
Lara has consulting rooms in Christchurch, New Zealand, where she treats women with PCOS, PMS, endometriosis, perimenopause, and many other hormone- and period-related health problems.
KIRA SUTHERLAND
Sports Nutritionist, Naturopath, Lecturer
Kira Sutherland is a Naturopathic Sports Nutritionist to some of the world's best athletes. She also lectures and mentors upcoming practitioners in the field of sports nutrition, and offers online courses for supporting athletes, trainers and sports enthusiasts how to nourish the body to achieve peak performance and fitness.
Using her 25+ years of clinical experience she has combined her knowledge of Naturopathic medicine with education in sports nutrition to create a truly wholistic approach to optimising performance for athletes and those striving for optimum health - especially women. Having lectured both within Australia and internationally on all things Naturopathic and sports nutrition, she is passionate about teaching people to take care of their bodies for the long term, not just treating them in the present moment. Kira believes that the role of a practitioner is to empower and teach clients to take care of themselves, to give them as much knowledge as possible.
“You offer such a depth of research based knowledge together with interesting cultural and social perspectives in your course. The information shared has given me greater confidence with treatment recommendations, was helpful for my own health and sports training, and reinforced knowledge I have in the cycle coach area of my work and helpful information for the menstrual education sessions I offer.”
Sharon Woolley
RN/IVF nurse. Naturopath. Certified Cycle Coach.
“The whole webinar was a great dive into honouring female physiology and how we can best educate/help our clients to harness their best out of their bodies. As we were going through the material I was thinking about certain clients and how I could apply what I was learning to each of them. You two are a power-couple of knowledge and each of your passions for women's health compliment each other so well. 10/10!”
Amy Donovan
Naturopath, Medical Herbalist, Massage Therapist
Optimising Metabolic Health in Women
Understanding and Repairing the Body's Energy Systems
ONLINE WORKSHOP
Includes 4 hours of educational training, slide decks of the presentations, bonus downloadable resources.
Session recordings will be available for all registered participants.
29th of September 2024
Session 1: 8am-10am AEST/SYD
Session 2: 10:30am-12:30pm AEST/SYD