Guest Speakers for the 2012 Wellness Expo

Sylvia Davies – Author of the cookbook, Feeding Carl: Easy Allergy-free Cooking, and mom. Sylvia's message is being heard internationally through her blogs, website and social media. Sylvia has been researching and cooking without the most common food allergens and intolerances (gluten, dairy, soy, eggs, peanuts, nuts, fish, seafood, sesame) and refined sugars for the past 5 years.

Sylvia began allergy-free cooking when her son was diagnosed with Crohn's Disease, a chronic inflammation of the digestive system, at the age of 7. She wanted to keep him away from a lifetime of drug dependency and help control his Crohn's Disease by changing his diet. (Food allergies and Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) are two of the fastest growing chronic illnesses in North America.)

Having experienced the challenges of cooking for a restricted diet combined with a family and career Sylvia delivers firsthand knowledge and commitment as she shares her story of how she helped her son get his Crohn's Disease into remission by employing a number of different health approaches including a diet that removed our most familiar foods and staple ingredients. In addition, Sylvia talks about the trial of developing recipes that are not only allergy-free but easy- to-make, delicious and family-friendly.

For more information about Sylvia Davies and Feeding Carl: Easy Allergy-free Cooking please visit her website at www.feedingcarl.com.

 

Guest speakers for 2011 Wellness Expo

Lorna R. Vanderhaeghe, M.S. – Author of A Smart Woman's Guide to Heart Health, Sexy Hormones, A Smart Woman's Guide to Weight Loss, Your 30 Day Heart Smart Solution, An A-Z Woman's Guide to Vibrant Health, Get A Grip on Arthritis, and more.

Bio: Lorna Vanderhaeghe, MS, is Canada's leading women's health expert and has been researching nutritional medicine for over 25 years. With degrees in nutrition and biochemistry, she is the author of ten books, including A Smart Woman’s Guide to Weight Loss and A Smart Woman’s Guide to Heart Health. She is also an internationally known lecturer who educates people on how to combine the best of mainstream medicine with scientifically backed nutrients and diet changes to achieve optimal wellness. In 2009, Lorna won the Canadian Health Food Association's most prestigious award, the Hall of Fame Award.

Hyla Cass, MD – Practitioner of integrative medicine and psychiatry, has appeared as a guest on Dr. Oz and Oprah & Friends Radio.

Bio: Hyla Cass, MD is a frequently quoted expert in the field of integrative medicine, women’s health, and psychiatry, combining the best of leading-edge natural medicine with the modern science, in her clinical practice, writings, lectures, and nationwide media appearances. A graduate of the University of Toronto School of Medicine, she appears regularly as an expert in the field, on radio, TV (including The Dr. Oz Show, The View, & E! Entertainment), and in various local and national publications, including the Huffington Post. She consults to the supplement industry on formulation, and is the author of numerous articles and several popular books including Supplement Your Prescription, Natural Highs, and 8 Weeks to Vibrant Health.

Magda Havas, Ph.D. – Associate Professor at Trent University, received her B.Sc. and Ph.D. at the University of Toronto (U of T) and then did 2 years Post Doctoral research at Cornell University before returning to U of T as an Assistant Professor in 1983.

Bio: Dr. Havas does research on the biological and health effects of environmental contaminants and has worked on air pollution, water pollution and, more recently, electromagnetic pollution including radio frequency radiation, dirty electricity, low frequency electromagnetic fields, and ground current. 

She works with those who have become electrically hypersensitive by documenting their subjective and objective (blood sugar, heart rate variability, blood viscosity) symptoms to help doctors and health care workers determine who is electrically hypersensitive and what they are responding to. She has worked on sick building syndrome in schools and is actively trying to improve guidelines and establish safer living conditions. 

Dr. Havas helped draft Resolution 15 for the International Association of Fire Fighters that limits use of fire halls for cell phone antennas and helped draft Ground Current legislation in Ontario.  She provides expert testimony in both Canada and the Untied States related to the health effects of high voltage transmission lines and radio frequency radiation from antennas.

Magda Havas has more than 100 publications and recently co-authored, with Camilla Rees, Public Health SOS:  The Shadow Side of the Wireless. Her website is www.magdahavas.com and she can be reached at mhavas@trentu.ca.

Past Keynote Speaker for 2010 Wellness Expo

Tosca Reno – Best selling author, fitness icon, motivational speaker

Tosca has traveled all over North America to deliver her message of health, wellness and inspiration. Audiences instantly connect with her engaging, funny, informed and helpful talks that encourage them to make positive changes in their lives.

Having experienced the challenges of weight loss, the trials of motherhood, and the steep climb towards success at an age when many are gearing down in life, Tosca delivers firsthand knowledge about how to become and remain motivated even when times are tough. Audiences connect with Tosca’s own life story and her secrets for handling challenges, giving listeners hope that they too can emerge as better people because of them.

All our attendees will be thrilled to be able to meet with and talk to Tosca, as she commits to spending time signing books, taking pictures and hearing other's stories at her visit. Here is where she genuinely shines and her feeling of concern for others is palpable. Innumerable women and men have been launched into saving their own lives simply by hearing Tosca's simple but logical message from The Eat-Clean Diet®, training the body and doing it in a way that feels likes a lifestyle.

For more information about Tosca Reno please visit her website at www.toscareno.com