Workshop 02 Pre-Conference · December 10, 2026

Why Detoxing Isn't Enough

A Foundational Approach to
Toxic Burden, Resilience & Longevity

Moving beyond detox trends toward durable, root-cause protocols for cellular and metabolic clearance — building the resilience patients need for healthspan and lifespan.

Why Detoxing Isn't Enough — cellular clearance
Format
Full-Day Intensive
Date
Dec 10, 2026
CME Credit
Hours TBD
Level
Clinician

What to Expect

Why some patients thrive on detox — and others stall.

Environmental toxicants, microbial toxins, and metabolic waste are increasingly recognized as major drivers of chronic disease, accelerated aging, and lost resilience. Yet clinicians are often left wondering why some patients thrive on detoxification strategies while others stall — or get worse.

This immersive full-day workshop introduces a clinical framework for identifying and addressing the biological systems that govern a patient's ability to tolerate, process, and eliminate toxic burden. Through presentations from leading clinicians and educators, you'll explore the interconnected roles of cellular energy production, drainage and detoxification pathways, GI integrity, immune regulation, metabolic health, and environmental exposures.

You'll leave with practical, ready-to-apply approaches for evaluating toxic burden, pinpointing the barriers to detoxification and recovery, and implementing strategies that build resilience — helping patients move beyond symptom management toward the restoration of physiological function and a stronger foundation for healthspan and lifespan.

What You'll Learn

Six focus areas, one clinical day.

Each block pairs the underlying biology with protocol-level decisions you can apply in practice the next day.

Evaluating Toxic Burden

A clinical framework for evaluating toxic burden and a patient's capacity to process it.

Energy & Drainage Pathways

How cellular energy production and drainage pathways govern successful detoxification.

GI, Immune & Metabolic Health

The roles of GI integrity, immune regulation, and metabolic health in building resilience.

Barriers to Detox Response

Why some patients respond to detox protocols — and how to identify the barriers in those who don't.

Strengthening Resilience

Strategies to strengthen resilience and support long-term health outcomes.

Symptoms → Restoration

How to move patients from symptom management to true restoration of physiological function.

Faculty

Led by leaders in functional
& environmental medicine.

Hover a card to read their story.

Holly Lucille
Holly Lucille
ND, RN, ONC · Moderator
Holly Lucille
ND, RN, ONC · Moderator

Moderates the full day and leads Prevention as the Future of Longevity, shifting the focus from responding to dysfunction toward preserving physiological reserve, reducing lifetime toxic exposure, and extending healthspan through proactive care.

Tracy Southwick
Tracy Southwick
ND, MBSR-MP, HHP, CNA, AMP
Tracy Southwick
ND, MBSR-MP, HHP, CNA, AMP

Opens the program with The Toxin Burden Crisis — the modern exposome, cumulative toxic burden, and the relationship between environmental stressors, declining resilience, and increasingly complex patient presentations.

Laura Frontiero
Laura Frontiero
NP
Laura Frontiero
NP

Leads Restoring Physiological Capacity for Effective Detoxification, examining drainage and elimination pathways, gut integrity, cellular energy, and immune regulation as the systems that govern a patient’s capacity to recover from toxic stress.

Chris D’Adamo
Chris D’Adamo
PhD
Chris D’Adamo
PhD

Presents Building the Evidence — the evolving research base for detoxification strategies, ongoing clinical studies, and the opportunities and challenges of building rigorous evidence in an emerging area of practice.

Jaquel Patterson
Jaquel Patterson
ND
Jaquel Patterson
ND

Brings the perspective of a principal investigator in From Research to Practice: study design, translating findings into patient care, and lessons drawn from conducting clinical research inside a working practice.

Drew Kidder
Drew Kidder
DC
Drew Kidder
DC

Co-leads the operational sessions — translating the day’s concepts into clinical workflows, patient education, protocol sequencing, and implementation practitioners can use immediately.

Emily Hernandez
Emily Hernandez
ND
Emily Hernandez
ND

Co-leads Clinical Application: Cases, Protocols & Practice Pearls, working through interactive patient cases, clinical decision-making, protocol sequencing, and the challenges that surface in real practice.

Who Should Attend

Built for clinicians treating complex, toxin-driven cases.

If your patients struggle with chronic, complex, or treatment-resistant presentations, this day gives you a systems framework to help them recover.

  • Functional, integrative, and longevity medicine clinicians
  • Providers who use — or want to use — detoxification and environmental-medicine strategies
  • Any practitioner whose patients struggle with chronic, complex, or treatment-resistant presentations

Schedule

Thursday, December 10, 2026.

8:00 AM – 6:00 PM · Four parts, from the science of toxic burden to protocols you can run on Monday.

Part I · Understanding the Problem
8:00 AM
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Welcome & Setting the Stage

Holly Lucille, ND, RN, ONC — Moderator

Introduce the day’s central themes, learning objectives, and the systems-based approach to toxic burden, resilience, and longevity. Engage attendees in identifying the challenges they encounter when addressing toxic burden in clinical practice.

8:20 AM
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The Toxin Burden Crisis: Why Modern Patients Are Losing Resilience

Tracy Southwick, ND, MBSR-MP, HHP, CNA, AMP

Explore the modern exposome, cumulative toxic burden, and the relationship between environmental stressors, declining physiological resilience, and increasingly complex patient presentations.

9:10 AM
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Clinical Pause

Holly Lucille, ND Tracy Southwick, ND

Connect the science of toxic burden to everyday clinical practice through moderated discussion, audience questions, and key takeaways from the opening session.

9:20 AM
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Restoring Physiological Capacity for Effective Detoxification

Laura Frontiero, NP

Examine the interconnected roles of drainage and elimination pathways, gut integrity, cellular energy, immune regulation, and the other systems that influence a patient’s capacity to process, eliminate, and recover from toxic stress.

10:00 AM
Morning Break · 30 min
Part II · From Recovery to Prevention
10:30 AM
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Prevention as the Future of Longevity

Holly Lucille, ND, RN, ONC

Shift from responding to dysfunction to preserving resilience before symptoms emerge: physiological reserve, reducing lifetime toxic exposure, supporting natural protective and elimination systems, and the role of proactive care in extending healthspan.

11:10 AM
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Interactive Clinical Case Workshop

Holly Lucille, ND Tracy Southwick, ND Laura Frontiero, NP

Apply a systems-based approach to real-world patient cases — work through clinical scenarios, identify barriers to successful detoxification, prioritize interventions, and compare your approach with faculty perspectives.

12:00 PM
Lunch
Part III · Building the Evidence
1:30 PM
Non-CME
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Building the Evidence: Advancing the Science of Detoxification

Chris D’Adamo, PhD

Examine the evolving evidence supporting detoxification strategies, including CellCore’s research program, ongoing clinical studies, and findings available to date, plus the challenges of building rigorous evidence in an emerging area of practice.

2:15 PM
Non-CME
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From Research to Practice: Conducting Clinical Studies in Functional Medicine

Jaquel Patterson, ND

The perspective of a principal investigator on study design, translating research into patient care, and lessons drawn from conducting clinical research in practice.

2:45 PM
Non-CME
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Research Roundtable

Holly Lucille, ND Chris D’Adamo, PhD Jaquel Patterson, ND

Moderated discussion on building the evidence base for detoxification and resilience — study design, outcome measurement, and audience Q&A.

3:15 PM
Afternoon Break · 30 min
Part IV · Operationalizing Systems-Based Detoxification
3:45 PM
Non-CME
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Operationalizing Systems-Based Detoxification in Clinical Practice

Drew Kidder, DC Emily Hernandez, ND

Translate the day’s concepts into practical clinical workflows, patient education, protocol sequencing, and implementation, including how CellCore products, protocols, and practitioner resources support a systems-based approach.

4:45 PM
Non-CME
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Clinical Application: Cases, Protocols & Practice Pearls

Drew Kidder, DC Emily Hernandez, ND

Put systems-based detoxification into practice through interactive patient cases — clinical decision-making, protocol sequencing, product application, common challenges, and practical strategies to bring back to your practice.

5:45 PM
Non-CME
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Closing Panel: Toxic Burden, Resilience & the Future of Longevity

All faculty

Bring the day’s perspectives together in a faculty discussion on the evolving relationship between toxic burden, physiological resilience, prevention, and longevity — key takeaways, emerging opportunities, and audience questions.

Reserve Your Seat · December 10

Add Why Detoxing Isn't Enough
to your LongevityFest 2026.

A full day of practical, protocol-level training in detoxification, resilience & longevity — with limited seating.

Workshop Add-On
$599
per attendee · CME included
Register Now →

Questions

Questions, answered.

Everything you need to know before you register. Still have a question? Email [email protected].

Is this workshop included with my conference registration?

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Why Detoxing Isn't Enough is a Pre-Conference Workshop add-on held December 10, before the Core 3-Day Event. It can be added to any conference registration or booked on its own.

Do I need prior experience in environmental or functional medicine?

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No. The day is structured to serve clinicians new to detoxification and environmental medicine as well as established functional and longevity providers. We begin with foundational frameworks before advancing to protocols.

Will I earn CME credit?

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Yes. This workshop offers CME credit (number of hours to be determined), awarded separately from the Core 3-Day Event. Final accreditation details are published closer to the event.

Is seating limited?

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Yes. Workshops run in an intimate lab setting to maximize hands-on time and instructor access, so seats are limited and tend to sell out ahead of the conference.