Dr. Deborah Matthew

Deb Matthew, MD, known as America's Happy Hormones Doctor, is a best-selling author, international speaker, and private practice physician dedicated to helping patients restore their health by addressing the root causes of their symptoms, including hormone imbalances. Her scientifically-based treatments help patients regain energy, improve mood, restore libido, sharpen memory, lose weight, and reduce dependence on prescription medications.

Tricia Nelson

For the past three decades, Tricia has dedicated herself to studying emotional eating and the addictive personality. She shares her insights with individuals and health professionals through online programs, workshops, and retreats, offering practical tools to break free from overeating. Her bestselling book, Heal Your Hunger: 7 Simple Steps to End Emotional Eating Now, provides a step-by-step guide to addressing emotional eating and is available on Amazon.

Michael Collins

Michael Collins has been completely sugar-free for over 35 years. He is past Chairman of the Board of a Food Addiction Institute, a 501(c) non-profit, that helps raise awareness about processed food and sugar worldwide and is the founder of SugarAddiction.com, which has been helping tens of thousands successfully quit sugar for over 13 years.

Dr. Ritamarie Loscalzo

Dr. Ritamarie Loscalzo, is a Metabolic Recovery Specialist and the Founder of the Institute of Nutritional Endocrinology. The future of our healthcare system is what she refers to as "Empowered Self Care." She is dedicated to working with people to create personalized health programs that blend the best of nature's healing wisdom and modern scientific assessments to guide them to get out of their own way and allowing their body to return to balance.

Catharine Arnston *2025 QSS SPONSOR!

Catharine Arnston is the founder of ENERGYbits, and her mission is to help the world be healthier naturally with mother nature's oldest and original food, which is algae. She founded ENERGYbits, in Boston, Massachusetts after her younger sister in Canada was diagnosed with breast cancer and advised by her oncologist that an alkaline diet would help her heal. She is now considered one of the country's leading experts on algae nutrition, a sought-after speaker at wellness conferences, and a frequent guest on podcasts and television.

Bitten Jonsson

Bitten is arguably one of the world's most knowledgeable and experienced sugar addiction educators. Learn how to handle your sugar addiction even if you've tried 100s of times before! You would kick yourself if you watched this summit and missed this talk!

Dr. Joan Ifland

Ifland literally wrote the book on processed food addiction. This heavily researched and cited book makes her a leading expert on sugar and carbs in your body… And she will show you how to beat sugar with ease.

Dr. Vera Tarman

Dr. Vera Tarman, a medical addictions physician, author and speaker, is also a recovering food addict who has maintained a 100-pound weight loss for more than 12 years. In her book Food Junkies: Recovery From Food Addiction, she explains how a sugar and flour addiction can be as treacherous as an addiction to alcohol and tobacco – and explains how to break free.

Dr. David Wiss

Dr. David Wiss became a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN) in 2013 and founded Nutrition in Recovery, a group practice of RDNs specializing in treating eating and substance use disorders.

Megan Ramos

Megan Ramos is a Canadian clinical educator and expert on therapeutic fasting and low-carbohydrate diets, having guided more than 14,000 people worldwide. She is the co-author of the New York Times Bestseller Life in the Fasting Lane and The Essential Guide to Intermittent Fasting with Women.

Cathy Morenzie

Cathy Morenzie has been a leader in the health and wellness industry for over 30 years. She once struggled with emotional eating herself, but experienced a powerful breakthrough when she realized that the answer to her problems lay in 'faith, not food'! Now, Cathy's life mission is to equip millions to live a healthy lifestyle by helping them to rediscover their true identity in Christ.

Robert Lufkin

Robert Lufkin is a physician/medical school professor who has given lectures/keynotes around the world, and was named one of the '100 Most Creative People in Los Angeles' by Buzz Magazine. His latest book "Lies I Taught In Medical School" has just been released.

Ally Houston

Ally is a former physicist who fixed his brain with food. After suffering from ADHD, seasonal depression, chronic anxiety, and a host of other metabolic problems, a paleo ketogenic diet and lifestyle change resulted in a quantum leap in his health. The effect was so profound that he switched career. He is now a metabolic mental health coach trained by PreKure and Dr. Georgia Ede.

Wolfram Alderson

Wolfram Alderson is the executive manager for Health and Nutrition, Co-Founder and CCO for Perfact Corporation, CEO of Hypoglycemia Support Foundation, Director and Founding CEO of the Robert Lustig Research Foundation and an advocate for Global Education in changing the way America eats.

Brenda Bennett

Brenda Bennett, popular food blogger Sugar Free Mom, knows what it's like to struggle with sugar and carb addiction and what it's like to be doing it alone without her husband following the diet. Since 2011, her blog has become the most popular sugar-free source on the web today.

Dr. Garrett Smith

Dr. Smoth is a Licensed Naturopathic Medical Doctor (NMD) in Arizona, with a Bachelor of Science (BS) in Physiology, Minor in Nutrition, and a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist. I've worked in the medical field for over 15 years. Hisultimate goal is to help you get better while also teaching you the tools to help stay better.

Claire McDonnell Liu

A nutritionist who's been helping families thrive for over 10 years, with powerful but simple food change strategies. She particularly loves supporting families around behavioural, ADHD, and ASD challenges. She's the co-founder of leafie.org delivering Family Thrive Coaching and Sugar Free Nutrition Programs.

Molly Carmel

Molly Carmel, LCSW is a leading addiction and eating disorder therapist and founder of Beacon by MC - and which offers individual and group solutions to help people break free from their destructive relationships with food and dieting.

Dr. Kim Dennis

Kim Dennis, MD, is the Co-founder, CEO, and Chief Medical Officer at SunCloud Health. A board-certified psychiatrist who specializes in treating eating disorders, addiction, trauma, and multi-occurring disorders. Dr. Dennis obtained her medical degree from the University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine and completed her psychiatry residency training at the University of Chicago Hospitals, where she served as chief resident.

Molly Painschab

Molly Painschab, LCPC, LAC, is a National Board Certified mental health and addiction counselor with over 15 years of experience. Co-chair of the Sugar & Food Addiction Professional Network, co-founder of Sweet Sobriety, and co-host of The Food Junkies Podcast, she is also a member of the Academy of Eating Disorders Substance Use Disorders Special Interest Group.

Michelle Shapiro

Michelle Shapiro is an Integrative/ Functional Registered Dietitian in NYC who has helped over 1000+ clients reverse their anxiety, heal long standing gut issues and approach their weight in a loving way.

Amy Eiges

Amy Eiges is a health coach and reformed chronic dieter who is passionate about helping others recover from the diet-binge-gain-shame cycle she struggled with for years. Since discovering a ketogenic and low-carb lifestyle, she has lost 225 pounds and has both reversed pre-diabetes and resolved lifelong depression.

Dr. Aimie Apigian, MD, MS, MPH

As a double board-certified physician in Preventive and Addiction Medicine with advanced training in Functional Medicine, neuro-autoimmunity, and trauma therapies, Dr. Aimie combines science and compassion in her approach. She is certified in methods such as Somatic Experiencing™, Instinctual Trauma Response™, and NeuroAffective Touch™, merging neuroscience and trauma healing in a unique and accessible way.

Dr. James Goolnik

An award winning UK dentist and founder of Optimal Dental Health in London, is an expert on the mouth-body connection. He is the author of the cookbook Kick Sugar, and advocates for healthier living through functional nutrition and holistic dental care.

Dr. Sarah Zaldivar

Dr. Sarah Zaldivar received her doctorate in Exercise Physiology and Nutrition from the University of Miami. She taught at the University of Miami, Miami Dade College, and the American College of Sports Medicine for over a decade before quitting to focus on her full-time research and content creation on YouTube, Instagram, and other platforms. Dr. Zaldivar struggled with her weight and health before finally transforming her health and fitness. She also offers very popular weight loss and addiction treatment guides and one on one coaching services through ZOOM by creating personalized exercise, meal plan, supplementation, and mindset protocols.

Jana Retief

Jana Retief, Foundation Manager at the Noakes Foundation, brings background with experience in the NGO and educational sectors. Jana's diverse expertise encompasses community development, project management, research coordination and operations management. She has a passion for helping people live happy and healthy lives and is dedicated to driving positive change in the fields of nutrition and mental health.

Dr. Ahmet Ergin

Ahmet Ergin, MD, CCD, ECNU, is a board-certified endocrinologist at Heart & Family Health Institute. Dr. Ergin specializes in diabetes management using advanced technologies like insulin pumps and CGMs, as well as thyroid disease care, including thyroid nodules and cancers. He is a co-author of The Cleveland Clinic Manual of Dynamic Endocrine Testing and has published extensively in peer-reviewed journals.

Tia Ried

Tia is the Retired Director Of Nutrition Services with certifications in LCHF/Keto Nutrition Coach, Diabetes & Obesity Reversal thru Nutrition Network, a Sugar Addiction Specialist,and SUGAR®/HMA® certified. She is very passionate to help others and I specialize in helping clients focus on Low Carb, High Fat Keto Nutrition to heal their body, especially those that have NAFLD, Pre diabetes, Diabetes and battle with weight and carbohydrate/Sugar/UPF food addiction.

Dr. Steve Huglett

Dr. Steve Hughlett has been a clinical pharmacist for over 30 years in the hospital setting. He has given numerous talks to healthcare professionals and enjoys learning and educating others. His God-given passion has always been to help people with their health. This has led him to change his focus from treating the unhealthy to trying to prevent others from becoming unhealthy.

Dr. Eric Akin

Dr. Eric Akin, MD, is a Neurosurgery specialist in Jackson, Tennessee. He now runs the Healthy Habits Coaching program geared towards teaching people how to make weight control and fitness addictive, rather than a chore. He teaches the mental skills that are needed to maintain life-long fitness and a lean body. His primary focus is on Metabolic Syndrome and helping people thru his Feel Great System.

Rich Holman

After seven years of research, Killing You Softly is his first book, a hard-hitting expose of the world´s biggest killer – sugar. He was dying eight years ago with full blown metabolic syndrome and was taking prescribed medication. Now at age 80 1/2 he is in great health, off of all meds and is living proof what can be achieved by doing one thing – quitting sugar.

Sherry Shaban

Sherry Shaban, BSc, CAT(C), D.O., is a Montreal-based osteopath, fitness expert, and anti-diet health coach with over 23 years of experience in the fitness and wellness industry. Sherry is the founder of the Fall in Love with Fitness podcast and transformative programs such as Make Peace with Food and Advanced PowHer, which focus on rewiring the brain's relationship with food and fitness.

Jenn Edden

Jenn Edden is a board certified health coach and graduate of the Institute for Integrative Nutrition. She is nationally certified by the American Association of Drugless Practitioners and specializes in helping women entrepreneurs with sugar addiction and stubborn weight loss.

Kristy McCammon

Kristy McCammon is a Christian wife and mom, speaker, and coach—on a mission. A faith-based, natural weight-loss specialist, Kristy has helped thousands of women break free from their food struggles and sugar addiction. She is the author of the book Life Unbinged : Faith-filled Freedom from Food Obsession and has been featured on NBC, CBS, KTLA, and FOX.

Laura A. Schmidt, PhD

Laura A. Schmidt, PhD, is a Professor of Health Policy in the School of Medicine at the University of California at San Francisco. She holds a joint appointment in the Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies and the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences. She received her PhD training in sociology at UC Berkeley and while there, also completed doctoral coursework in public health.

Clarissa Kennedy

Clarissa Kennedy is a Clinical Social Worker and founder of Reinvent Your Bliss Point, co-founder of Sweet Sobriety, and co-host of the Food Junkies Podcast. With a diploma in Professional Addiction Studies and over 15 years of experience across residential, outpatient, and private practice settings, she specializes in supporting adolescents, adults, and families.

Dr. Tracy McCarthy, MD

Dr. Tracy McCarthy, MD, is a board-certified psychiatrist and Institute of Functional Medicine-certified physician with over 20 years of experience transforming lives through metabolic and nutritional psychiatry. She is the creator of the Natural Mood Solution Online Program and founder of Dr. Tracy McCarthy Functional Medicine, a telemedicine practice dedicated to addressing the root causes of chronic health issues.

Dr. Elisa Song

Dr. Elisa Song is a Stanford-, NYU-, and UCSF-trained holistic pediatrician and the founder of Whole Family Wellness (formerly Whole Child Wellness), an integrative pediatric practice in Belmont, CA. Recognized as one of the first and most highly regarded holistic pediatric practices in the nation, Whole Family Wellness reflects Dr. Song's dedication to blending conventional pediatrics with functional medicine, holistic nutrition, homeopathy, acupuncture, herbal medicine, and essential oils.

Errin Smith

Errin Smith, also known as "That Health Chick", is an avid health and fitness fanatic who is expert trained in holistic health for over 10 years, and is a consultant for the top practitioners in the country, such as Dr. Dan Pompa and Dr. Zach Bush MD. She's also the founder host and producer of What We Crave: The Emotional Eating Summit.

Dr. Nina Savelle-Rocklin

Dr. Savelle-Rocklin is a nationally recognized psychoanalyst specializing in the psychology of eating. Known for her signature message, "It's not what you're eating, it's what's eating 'at' you," she has inspired and transformed the lives of hundreds of thousands of people across 44 countries. As the founder of The Binge Cure Method, Dr. Nina helps emotional eaters break free from food struggles, reclaim control over their lives, and feel confident in their bodies.

Dr. Carol Lourie

Dr. Lourie's integrative protocols address the metabolic, lifestyle, and emotional factors contributing to breast cancer. Her methods are designed to reduce treatment side effects, decrease the impact of hormonal therapy, and lower the risk of recurrence. Her unique skills encourage the focus on emotional wellness and trauma recovery, and how that has a ripple effect on the body's ability to heal. Integrating strategies for emotional resilience and emotional wellness empowers women to establish a foundation for a healthier, more fulfilling life.