San Francisco: Lark Lands, Other Experts to Speak on Nutrition, Lean Body Mass, and Wasting, June 14

Healing Alternatives Foundation will sponsor a free public seminar on nutritional health and prevention of wasting, on Saturday afternoon June 14, 1:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m., at the Metropolitan Community Church, 150 Eureka St. (between 18th and 19th Streets) in San Francisco. Scheduled speakers are:

* Carl Grunfeld, M.D., Ph.D., an expert on AIDS-related wasting, who will speak on metabolic dysfunction and wasting syndrome;

* Lark Lands, Ph.D., on using nutrients "to eliminate symptoms, reduce drug side effects, lessen infection risk, improve drug effectiveness, slow disease progression, and prevent internal damage and wasting"; and

* Michael Mooney from PoWeR (Program for Wellness Restoration) who will focus on anabolic steroids and exercise for restoring lean body mass in HIV.

Nutritional counseling and BIA testing (bioelectric impedance analysis, to assess lean body mass) will be available without charge.

For more information, call or come by the Healing Alternatives Foundation, phone 415/626-4053, 1748 Market St. Suite 205, San Francisco; hours are Tuesday through Friday 12-6, and Saturday 12-5.