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The
New Bedford
Wellness Initiative organized a screening of the
film "In
Defense of Food" on March 15, 2016,
at the New Bedford Whaling Museum.
In the film, journalist Michael Pollan reports his recommendations for
reversing the damage being done to people's health by today's industrially
driven Western
Diet. The film debunks the daily media barrage of conflicting claims
about nutrition, Pollan offers a clear answer to the question of what to
eat to be health in his summary statement: "Eat
food. Not too much. Mostly plants." Following the film, Dr.
David Ludwig,
a noted endocrinologist, researcher at Boston
Children's Hospital, professor of pediatrics at Harvard Medical
School and professor of nutrition at Harvard School of Public
Health, who was in the film, spoke about his new book, Always
Hungry. In it, Dr. Ludwig advocates for lowering carbohydrates and
including fats in order to reduce hunger, improve weight and lower the risk
of Type 2 diabetes. Click
here for the Standard-Times article. Click
here for a fifty-minute 
video of the event.
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