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Low Carb
Events The
following events in the New England Area provide information from a
variety of perspectives on Low Carb / High Fat diets and the
science behind them for weight loss and resolution of diabetes.
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KetoFest
Science Sunday in New London, CT
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July 16, 2017
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Hosts Carl
Franklin and Richard Morris from the 2
Keto Dudes podcast put together a three-day KetoFest
event in New London, Connecticut from July 14-16, 2017. The festival
kicked-off on Friday evening with an information-packed 4-hour forum by
some of the world’s leading low-carb authorities including the renowned
Dr. Eric Westman of HEAL Clinics and Duke University. On Social Saturday
(July 15), they held an outdoor party on the Parade Plaza in New London,
with a pig smoking on a spit, grilling sausages, and water and coffee.
There were also opportunities to go on walking, Segway, running and cycle
tours. Science Sunday featured the latest research and included Jaqueline
Eberstein, Dr. Eric Westman, Dr. Jeffy Gerber, Nick Mailor, Ivor Cummins,
Megan Ramos, L. Amber O'Hearn, and Dave Feldman as well as an interview
with Professor Richard Feinman. Click
here for a 13-minute video of Carl and Richard's introductory remarks
and a closing summation near the end of the Science Sunday presentations
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Gary
Taubes presents at UMass Medical Center
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April 20, 2016
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Award winning science
writer Gary Taubes
was invited to speak at the University
of Massachusetts Medical School Diabetes Center of Excellence by Co-Director
David Harlan, MD on April 20,2016. Taubes reviewed his primary thesis
that fat
accumulation is driven by insulin which is stimulated by
carbohydrates as opposed to the assumption that weight
gain is due to a caloric energy imbalance. Taubes' work is
largely responsible for a growing number of advocates for an alternative
approach to treating obesity and understanding the underlying causes of world-wide
population weight gain and diabetes rates. It has influenced the Healthy
City Fall River approach to weight gain and underlies its efforts to
reduce sugar consumption and to advise those seeking to lose weight to
adopt a low carbohydrate and high fat approach
to eating. It is also an approach that is now practiced by Registered
Dietitian Amanda Raposo of the Southcoast
Diabetes Management Program in working with overweight and diabetic
patients. Click here
for a one-hour 
video of the presentation.
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Presentation to the Mass Dietetic Association
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April 1, 2016
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Following
up on their presentations on "How
to Lose Weight Without Going Hungry", Psychologist Dr.
David Weed and Southcoast
Health Registered Dietitian Amanda Raposo, MS, RDN, CDE, presented a
session at the Massachusetts
Dietetic Association Nutrition
Convention and Exposition on April 1, 2016 on "Why do we continue
to recommend limitations on dietary fats - What is the current
evidence?". Dr. Weed the session started
by explaining the rationale for lifting limits on dietary fats while
cutting back on carbohydrates as the key factor in lowering obesity rates.
Ms. Raposo followed by describing the positive results she has had in
treating obese patients in the Southcoast
Diabetes Management Program. This approach to reducing obesity
by reducing
dietary carbohydrates and increasing fat is backed
by years of research that contradicts current recommendations. Click
here for
a 54-minute
video of the presentation, here
for Dr. Weed's PowerPoint slides, and here for
Ms. Raposo's slides.
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Dr.
David Ludwig presents at the NB Whaling Museum
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March 15, 2016
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The
New Bedford
Wellness Initiative continued its effort to raise health awareness with the
goal to help prevent disease through healthy living 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. Click
here for the Standard-Times article. Click
here for a fifty-minute
video of the event.
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Presentation to the Mass
Public Health Association
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October 23, 2015
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Leaders
of the Massachusetts
Public Health Association (MPHA) came to Fall River on October 23,
2015 to present a summary of the Act FRESH Campaign
and to provide a forum for Partners to present its
approach to reducing obesity. Partners Executive Director Dr. David
Weed and Southcoast Health Registered Dietitian Amanda Raposo described their approach to weight loss and the prevention and treatment
of diabetes. "We think the current recommendations to lower dietary
fats and include high amounts of carbohydrates is what helped to cause the
obesity epidemic rather than to reduce it," stated Weed. "We now
recommend whole foods with natural fats through our guidelines,
a 20-minute video on
the subject, and efforts to reduce
sugar-sweetened beverages ," he added. Ms. Raposo followed up
with a summary of how she successfully treats her patients in the
Southcoast Diabetes
Management Program. Click here for
a one-hour
video of their presentation. Click
here for Dr. Weed's presentation PowerPoint slides and here
for Ms. Raposo's.
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Fed
Up, the Movie at the New Bedford Whaling Museum
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September 17, 2014
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The
New Bedford
Wellness Initiative, an effort to raise health awareness with the
goal to help prevent disease and recover from illness through healthy
living and not just medications, organized an airing of the documentary
film, Fed Up, produced by ABC's
Katie Couric and "Inconvenient Truth's" Laurie
David at the New Bedford
Whaling Museum auditorium on September 17, 2014. Organized by
Cardiologist Michael Rocha, M.D., the film and discussion that followed
offered participants a chance to learn about the government policies that
supported food manufacturer's move toward low-fat products full of sugar
and refined grains that fueled the obesity crisis of the past thirty
years. During the discussion that followed, Dr. Rocha and New
Bedford Mass in Motion Coordinator Kim Ferreira, RD, described the
many local initiatives that are helping residents move toward less
processed foods and more local produce. Greater
Fall River Partners staff members Marcia Picard and David Weed
described their similar efforts, including a twenty-minute sequel video "Fed
Up on the South Coast" that recommends ten
changes that could help to improve local health. Click
here for a for a twenty-minute
video of
the event. Click
here for the Standard-Times article.
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