This class will empower its participants with a greater sense of nutrition to build optimal well being. It will review different philosophies of nutritional approaches, food supplements, herbal remedies, fad diets that often seem to change with the whims of the media. Rational theory and logical clinical approaches will make sense of the conflicting information often found in magazines, books and the internet. Students will learn basic foundations for health using food and supplements to strengthen and cleanse the body. The class will review how the energy in food affects our physical, mental, emotional life. Case histories and clinical pearls will provide better answers to patient’s questions.