Optimizing a Health Crisis Implications for Retailers, Manufacturers

and Ingredient Suppliers in Integrative

Cancer Care

ANDREA GIRMAN, MD, MPH

COMMUNITAS CONSULTING

TRISH FLASTER

EXEC. DIR. BOTANICAL

LIAISONS / CO-FOUNDER IDDI

KANTHA SHELKE, PHD

PRINCIPAL, CORVUS BLUE

KIMBERLY LORD STEWART

EDITOR TODAY’S PRACTITIONER

PAM STEWART

FOUNDER, ESSENZA COMMUNICATIONS

An Important Disclaimer

OUR STATEMENTS HAVE NOT BEEN

EVALUATED BY THE FDA.

WE DO NOT INTEND TO DIAGNOSE, TREAT,

CURE, OR PREVENT ANY DISEASE,

ESPECIALLY CANCER.

Side Effects of Cancer Treatment

Anemia

Anxiety

Appetite Loss

Blood and Tissue Toxicity from Chemo /Anesthesia

Body and Blood Temperature Imbalances

Bone Loss

Cognitive “Fog”

Cold Sensitivity

Confusion

Depression

Diarrhea

Drug-Induced Menopausal Symptoms

Dry/Itchy Skin

Dry Mouth

Fatigue

Fear

Hair Loss

Hair Thinning

Headaches

Hormone Imbalances

Inflammation

Joint Pain

Loneliness

Lymphatic Cording

Lymphedema Kim Stewart

Mineral/Vitamin Malabsorption

Mouth Sores

Muscle Aches

Nausea

NEUROPATHY

Nutrient Depletions

Post-Surgery Neck/Cranial Pain

Post-Surgical Sensory Processing

Disorder

Scar Tissue

Surgical Pain

Tinnitus

UTIs

Vertigo/Dizziness

Weakness

Weight Gain or Weight Loss

Wound Care

The Importance of Integrative

Medical Care

There’s more to cancer care than cancer itself.

A growing body of evidence suggests certain supportive therapies may offer benefits—before, during and after cancer treatment.

Kantha Shelke, PhD

Defining Integrative Medical Care

Healing-oriented medicine

Takes account of the whole person

Includes all aspects of lifestyle

Emphasizes therapeutic relationship

between practitioner and patient

Informed by evidence

Engages all appropriate therapies

Kantha Shelke, PhDSource: Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine

The ‘Middle Path:’ An Integrative Approach to Cancer Care

❖ Gifts – and limitations – of Western Medicine complemented

by Integrative, Whole Person approach

❖ Ascendency of Personalized Medicine: Genomics, the human

Microbiome, Immunomodulation

❖ Sustaining and propagating Integrative Medicine as best

practice: Science, GMPs, Education, and Affordability

Andrea Girman MD, MPH

Advocating for Oneself

❖Importance of advocating for oneself

❖Designing the type of care one wants

❖Communicating needs to caretaker(s) and

to medical teams

Pam Stewart

The Journey of an Ethnobotanist

Fear and aggression of the medical industry

Supporting the treatment with solutions for:

Radiation: extreme nausea, fatigue, diarrhea

Chemo: neuropathy, extreme nausea, fatigue ,

cold sensitivity

Cancer: confusion, fear, anxiety and depression

Balancing well-meaning friends and family and

honing in on the best treatment(s)

Trish Flaster

Pearls of Wisdom

Recovery never ends

Nutritional supplements ease the burden of allopathic treatments & surgery

All nature is your congratulation

KIM

Better awareness, communication& cooperation between practitioners, manufacturers, retailers, universities and hospitals.

KANTHATRISHPAM

Science evolves!

Learn how food and supplements can be one’s medicine

Kantha Shelke, PhD

Looking one’s mortality in the eye is not for the faint of heart. It can be an

extraordinary force of transformation.” Andrea Girman, MD, MPH

Building an Integrative Team

• From writing with a third person perspective to living it

• Integrative Cancer Care Team: Team Leader/Me, Oncologist, Oncology Surgeon, Plastic Surgeon, Genomics Physician, Oncology Nurses, Osteopathic Pain Specialist, Osteopath Family Practitioner, Wound Care Specialist, Physical Therapists, Oncology Fitness Trainers, Biofeedback Therapist, Psychologist, Nutritionist, Doctor of Audiology, Massage Therapist, Acupuncturist, Ingredient Suppliers, Dietary Supplement Manufacturers, Natural Product Retailer, Family/Friends, God Squad.

Kim Stewart

Genomics and Nutrigenomics for

Personalized Medicine

❖ Mapping the blueprint of basic gene errors called genomic SNPs (Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms) within crucial biochemical pathways

❖ Guiding laboratory and diagnostic testing with SNPs

❖ Deducing a plan to “influence” and work around SNPs

❖ Iterative testing to check, confirm, and correct course of action

Kim StewartThe power of n = 1

“I’ve become more accepting of the tandem approach of

allopathic and alternative medicine, yet still always opting

for “natural” healing methods as a first course when possible.”

~ Pam Stewart

Designing a Comprehensive Approach

❖Viewing health issues with a knowledge

filter: finding personalized products with

specialized needs

❖Implications of ingredient purity and safety

❖Integrating approaches to slow cancer

progress while speeding recovery

❖Humor, compassion, and gratitudeTrish Flaster

Ingredients/Foods Used in Integrative Medical Care

Magnesium

Maitake Mushroom

Melatonin

Methylation Support

Milk Thistle

Miso

Mixed Tocopherols

Modified Citrus Pectin

Multivitamins

N-Acetyl Cysteine, NAC

Nattokinase K2

Nausea Mitigating Herbs

Omega-3 Fatty Acids

Organic Soy Foods

OrthoSilicic Acid

Pomegranate Oil

Probiotics

Reishi Mushroom

Rescue Remedy, Star of Bethlehem

Turkey Tail Mushroom

Turmeric

Vitamin C

Vitamin D

Vitamin E

Zinc

Energy Boosting Nutrients

Ergothioneine Amino Acid

Fermented Wheat Germ

Fish Oil

Ginger

Glutathione

Glycine

Goats Milk (Skin Care)

Golden Milk

Green, Oolong and Pu-erh Tea

Green Tea Extract

Hawthorn Solid Extract

Heart-Health Support Complex

Herbal Blend for Nerve Support

High Selenium Yeast

Hoelen Mushroom

Iron (For Blood Loss)

Lavender Oil (encapsulated WS 1265)

Leafy Green Foods

L-Glutamine

Lemon Juice

Lion’s Mane Mushroom

Low Dose Naltrexone

Lutein

Lycopodium clavatum

Active Hexose-Correlated Compound

(AHCC) Mushroom Complex

Alpha-GPC

Alpha-Lipoic Acid

Apple Cider Vinegar

Arnica

B-Vitamin Complex with Methyl Folate

Berries

Broccoli Seed Extract

Calcium Complex

Cannabiidiol (CBD)

Chaga Mushroom

Chlorella

Cinnamon

Citicoline

Collagen

CoQ-10

Cordyceps Mushroom

Coriolus Mushroom

Cranberry

Curcumin

D-Mannose

Digestive Enzymes

Diindolylmethane, DIM

Diosmin

“Looking one’s mortality in the eye is not for the faint of

heart. It can be an extraordinary force of transformation.”

• The Body Does Not Lie. Body

consciousness is a key component

to healing.

• It Takes a Village, which is why we

need more collaboration.

• Knowledge is Power. Educate

yourself and others.

• Our country desperately needs

healthcare reforms that include

integrative medicine, so stay

involved to make the change you

want to see.

• Claim life

• Live with integrity

• Embrace change

• Embody health

and wellness core

beliefs

ANDREA GIRMAN, MD, MPH

Knowledge is power: science, good

manufacturing practices, education, and

affordability are key elements if integrative

therapies are to become more commonplace

tools in the integrative cancer care toolbox.

~ Andrea Girman MD, MPH