The 2009 Symposium CD set is available for purchase.
	DISC 1: GI Detoxification: An Overview Walter Crinnion, ND Director & Professor: Environmental Medicine Center of Excellence Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine, Scottsdale, Arizona Review the foods most helpful at clearing compounds out of the blood and enhancing the clearance of persistent chemicals from the body, reducing total load.
	DISC 2: Diet, Genetic Polymorphism & Detoxification Sabrina Peterson, PhD, RD Assistant Professor of Foods and Health University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota Ascertain how diet can influence detoxification, how genetic variation may alter response to diet, and the complexities in gene-diet-detoxification interactions.
	DISC 3: Detoxification & Autism Spectrum Disorders Stephanie Cave, MD, MS, FAAFP Cypress Integrated Medicine, Baton Rouge, Louisiana Examine the role of heavy metals and other toxins in the pathogenesis of autism spectrum disorders and detoxification protocols used in the biomedical treatment of autism spectrum disorders.
	DISC 4: Probiotics & Heavy Metal Detoxification Fandi Ibrahim, PhD Department of Biochemistry & Food Chemistry and Functional Foods Forum University of Turku, Finland Explore different types of interactions between probiotic bacteria and heavy metals in the gastrointestinal tract and the bioaccessibility and bioavailability of heavy metals in the GI tract.
	DISC 5: Day One: Panel Discussion Drs. Crinnion, Peterson, Cave, and Ibrahim respond to questions on the topics presented.
	DISC 6: Green Tea Extract & Cancer Prevention Iman Hakim, MD, PhD, MPH Director and Professor, Health Promotion Sciences College of Public Health, Tucson, Arizona Analyze the composition of green tea and different mechanisms for cancer prevention by green tea extract.
	DISC 7: Colon Cleansing – The Scientific Rationale Steven H. Horne, RH (AHG) ABC Herbs/Tree of Light Publishing St. George, Utah Evaluate the role of intestinal membranes as the primary line of immune defense in the body and how herbs can help to heal the intestinal membranes and restore the integrity of this primary line of immune defense.
	DISC 8: Prebiotics to Reduce the Risk of Colorectal Cancer Michael Glei, PhD Department of Nutritional Toxicology, Friedrich-Schiller-University of Jena Jena, Germany Discover the relevance of dietary fiber for gut health and prevention of colorectal cancer, and learn how in vitro investigations with colon cells increase the knowledge of mechanisms of chemoprevention.
	DISC 9: Treatment of Pathogenic Gastrointestinal Biofilm Stephen F. Olmstead, MD Chief Science Officer, Klaire Labs™ and ProThera®, Inc. Reno, Nevada Differentiate the nature and implications of pathogenic gastrointestinal biofilm, and learn about nutritional supplement formulations for treatment of pathogenic GI biofilm.
	DISC 10: Day Two: Panel Discussion Drs. Hakim, Glei, Olmstead, and Steven Horne respond to questions on the topics presented.