Jordan Schmidt: Micronutrient Keys to Health and Healing | 2019 Soil & Nutrition Conference

Nature's Facilitators: Micronutrient Keys to Health and Healing


We know that nutrition is important to health but do we really know why? In this session we will explore how vitamins, minerals and other nutrients work as biological facilitators and why it matters! Why might zinc facilitate digestive function and why, really, should you care about B vitamins? This talk will illustrate nutrient pathways in a way that is engaging, accessible and useful. Most importantly we will explore thinking about nutrition in a way that frees us from dietary dogma and opens up the world of using nutrients to facilitate health, reverse disease and best adapt to a changing physical environment. Returning nutrient density to our food supply is really important. Let's think about why!
Jordan will also take part in a panel discussion, Nutrition: Health that Starts on Your Plate.


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Jordan Schmidt, NTP

Jordan Schmidt is a Nutritional Therapy Practitioner, instructor for the Nutritional Therapy Association, movement teacher, and a farmer in the Hudson Valley, New York. She has spent a decade working with organic farm systems and is fascinated by the connections between the health of our broader environment and the health of our internal bodies. She is passionate about supporting and restoring wellness in the face of a world and healthcare system that often make it difficult.
Jordan’s interest in nutrition and healing (in using food as foundational medicine) began as early as she can remember. Growing up with chronic asthma, allergies and digestive issues she was aware that her body responded to diet, stress, and environment. Her own healing journey was gradual, but transformative. Using dietary changes that combine ancestral knowledge and modern science, specific high quality supplements, and important lifestyle modifications she has truly changed her own health. She no longer relies on asthma or allergy medication, nor does she suffer from debilitating digestive distress.
The tangible process of healing her own body and respect that she has gained for the complexity of how our bodies work, led her to pursue a nutritional counseling certificate with the Nutritional Therapy Association, which allowed her to solidify the foundational knowledge needed to help others understand dysfunction and regain their health.
Jordan is also a certified yoga instructor who teaches with attention to alignment and functional movement. She continues to study nutrigenomics & methylation therapies, herbalism, and the microbiome. When she’s not working with clients or instructing for the NTA, Jordan moonlights in growing herbs, foraging food, and geeking out about pasture on the grassfed dairy she runs with her partner. She is now thrilled to offer the kind of practical, personal, supportive whole-person care she wished for as she was navigating her own healing journey.

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