In March 2012, the American Nutrition Assocation was delighted to welcome Michael F. Holick, PhD, MD to speak about The D-Lightful Vitamin D.

Attendees to this lecture received a personally signed copy of Dr. Holicks recently published book, The Vitamin D Solution; A 3 Step Strategy to Cure Our Most Common Health Problems.

His book is being very well received and peers are emphasizing the importance of Dr. Holick's message.

On a cold November night, ANA members and friends joined at National University of Health Sciences in Lombard, to listen to Julie H. Burns, MS, RD, CCN.  Her lecture was titled: Using Nutrition to Optimize Performance and Health in Athletes.  Even more watched via a live webcast.

Prior to the lecture, attendees were treated to a complimentary tasting of lush and tasty foods prepared by Chef Fred, flavored coconut water and more, provided by Eat Like the Pros, a meal delivery services founded by Julie.

Nutrition Individuality: One Diet Does Not Fit All

Nicholas Gonzalez, MD, renowned cancer doctor and author

The ANA participated in several local community events to help spread the word about healthy eating and the role of nutrition in maintaining health.  We had a wonderul time telling event-goers about the programs and activites of the ANA and met quite a few old friends as well.

Jeffrey Moss, DDS, CNS, DACBN, presented a two-part program in May for the ANA.  A workshop entitled Learn to Identify High-Quality Supplements was a behind the scenes look at how supplements are manufactured and the very limited amount of oversight and regulation that applies.  Manufacturing practices and voluntary quality procedures are essential to insure the consumer receives a safe product and a product that contains the ingredients in the correct amount. 

In April 2010, the ANA welcomed one of it's own, Neil Levin, CCN, DANLA, to a new ANA venue, Concordia University, for a program entitled Less of You to Love, A Nutritionist's Secrets for Health Weight Management.

Neil Levin was an invited representative of the American Nutrition Association.  He participated in a conference panel at Health Journalism 2010, held at McCormick Place in Chicago on April 24, 2010. The following is his reporting on the conference:

Assessing claims of functional foods and nutritional supplements

Dr. Samuel S. Epstein, MD, spoke to the American Nutrition Association in March 2010.  Dr. Epstein detailed information from his recent book, Toxic Beauty: How Cosmetics and Personal Care Products Endanger Your Health . . . And What You Can Do about It.

With tremendous passion and energy that belie his 80+ years, Dr. Epstein explained how how many of the hundreds of common ingredients in everyday beauty and personal care items contain substances never subject to any FDA scrutiny for safety.  Some function as endocrine distruptors, many are carcinogens. 

Many more people – especially in the United States where we are exposed almost constantly daily to gluten by bagels, bread, cake, cookies, etc. – actually have celiac disease (CD) and/or are rapidly on their way to much more serious chronic diseases such as osteoporosis but are still totally unaware of this contributor to their bad health and symptoms.