14.00 – 15.00:
‘The enduring mystery of heart disease – The Clot Thickens’

For over 150 years there has been a contender to the dominance of the hypothesis that cholesterol is the tried and convicted cause of heart disease.

Mostly, this alternative theory has been a ghost in the machine, while billions are spent each year on lowering cholesterol with diet and drugs.

Only glimpsed in the shadows, it is most commonly known as the thrombogenic hypothesis (thrombo = clotting genic/genesis = the cause of).

It simply states that cardiovascular disease represents blood clotting – gone wrong. That the thickenings/plaques that we see narrowing arteries and leading to heart attacks and strokes represent remnants of previous blood clots. Often growing one on top of another, until they are big enough to cause real harm.

Dr Kendrick, author of “The Clot Thickens”, will present the evidence to support the “new” hypothesis – accumulated over 30 years of investigation – and explains the thrombogenic process and what to do about it.

Listen to a snippet of Malcolm talking at an IHCAN event from 2019:

10.00 – 11.00:
‘Rooted: an ecological approach to health’

Is our goal really to find the ‘root cause’ of ill-health? As our ability to test genes, blood, urine, the microbiome, becomes ever more sophisticated, we are zoning in on ever more specific aspects of health, poring over pathways, desiring ever more specific information. While this precision is attractive and useful, it can mask the body’s inherent complexity and ability to reshape. Chris Newbold, Head of Nutrition Strategy for BioCare tells how a truly dynamic, ecological view of health can help us understand health complexity. Integrating functional, genetic and naturopathic approaches, and drawing on the work of the BioCare clinical team, including real life case studies, Chris will show how using a multisystem adaptive approach, aiming for balance and synergy can make a real difference to clients. In particular he will explore both gut and nervous system, and elaborate on how they are rooted into other systems and the wider world, biologically and socially. After all, those roots we aim to uncover are deep and complex, embedded in and nourished by a much wider and more complex ecosystem.

11.30 – 13.00:
‘SIBO: nutritional and herbal antimicrobial treatment protocol in a Glenville Nutrition Ireland clinic’

Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth (SIBO) is a significant factor in Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)., At the Glenville Nutrition Ireland clinics, practitioners regularly test for SIBO with a lactulose breath test for hydrogen and methane in patients with gastrointestinal issues presenting with classic SIBO symptoms – including bloating, abdominal pain and altered bowel habits – and those reacting to high FODMAP foods.
The SIBO protocol is regularly updated based on new evidence, as Dr Ciara Wright, PhD, will detail.
As part of this process, Glenville Nutrition Ireland ran a formal study to assess the efficacy of their SIBO recommendations – and test a new antimicrobial supplement. The clinic has become one of the very few to publish a case report (see IHCAN’s magazine’s March issue for details).
“Proving the efficacy of protocols is a huge step in validating Nutritional Therapy as a practice and we are delighted to be part of this process”, say Ciara and her co-authors.