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nvmomketo
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Georgia Ede, of the blog Diagnosis: Diet, provided a link to Food for Thought: The Science and Politics of Nutrition, which was a recent 2-day nutrition conference in Switzerland. The talks don't appear to be specifically low carb but seem to debate what diets are working for people and how we got to this point. Low carb does come into it since the speakers include Nina Teicholz, Gary Taubes, Zoe Harcombe, Aseem Malhotra, and Salim Yusef. I haven't watched much yet but they look very interesting.

http://institute.swissre.com/events/food_for_thought_bmj.html?utm_source=Diagnosis+Diet+Website+Subscribers&utm_campaign=af40655fe5-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_06_25_12_51&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_9c1de9d3bb-af40655fe5-111813681#tab_1

Georgia Ede:
http://www.diagnosisdiet.com/

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  • RalfLott
    RalfLott Posts: 5,036 Member
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    There's a panel discussion in the Food for Thought collection in which featured speaker Sarah Hallberg pretty much flattens a few august nay-sayers.
  • nvmomketo
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    I'll have to look for her. Love her. :)

    I've been saving the panels for last... As a treat for getting through those talks done by those who support the current dietary guidelines. ;) I may start getting to them tomorrow. :)
  • Sabine_Stroehm
    Sabine_Stroehm Posts: 19,263 Member
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    I follow her on Twitter. She's great.
  • All1971
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    I've watched most of the videos and read many of the articles in BMJ - there's a lot of good material there. Most people are not low carb or keto - but there are some folks representing that point of view there. I don;t think anybody changed sides - but its interesting to see how lots of reasonable and smart people can disagree while selectively looking at the massive amount of scientific literature on nutrition and weight loss.

    What i most took out of it is that even the people who believe in CICO spent a lot of time on the notion that calorically equivalent did not mean metabolically equivalent and the importance of nutrient quality and nutrient density.
  • nvmomketo
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    This is the LCHF panel discussion with Sarah Halberg that was mentioned earlier. Boy, do I wish the would have let them run over time!

    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=txXzd5VRPI8&list=PLqX9CJC6-DiX2B4CqWxydd73yF87hBd0Q&index=2

    Low glycemic load was the consensus agreement.
    All1971 wrote: »
    I've watched most of the videos and read many of the articles in BMJ - there's a lot of good material there. Most people are not low carb or keto - but there are some folks representing that point of view there. I don;t think anybody changed sides - but its interesting to see how lots of reasonable and smart people can disagree while selectively looking at the massive amount of scientific literature on nutrition and weight loss.

    What i most took out of it is that even the people who believe in CICO spent a lot of time on the notion that calorically equivalent did not mean metabolically equivalent and the importance of nutrient quality and nutrient density.

    I wish they'd been showing the studies quoted more, and compared them. There is a lot of studies and it's quite amazing what people take from them.

    I'm only done watching day one now...
  • canadjineh
    canadjineh Posts: 5,396 Member
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    Haha, "give the mike to someone looking attractive in the audience." at about 14 minutes. lol
  • canadjineh
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    Is the lady on panel an Australian Dietician?? She seemed pretty pro-processing, and a hazy thought bubble of "KILL Prof. Noakes!" hung above her head. Yes, I am being facetious, but still....
  • nvmomketo
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    canadjineh wrote: »
    Haha, "give the mike to someone looking attractive in the audience." at about 14 minutes. lol

    I know!! I wasn't sure if she was joking or not! LOL
  • nvmomketo
    nvmomketo Posts: 12,019 Member
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    The debate on what evidence we can trust. It has Taubes, Harcombe and Malhotra.

    https://youtu.be/7Eby6L0FVM0

    This is the debate on Food Politics and Policy.

    https://youtu.be/oH94AQbn7Yc

    http://institute.swissre.com/research/library/food_for_thought_navjoyt_ladher_panel.html

    I finally finished watching. The closing comments debate was great. Salim Yusif is a funny speaker and knows his stuff! Plus he doesn't come off as having a LCHF bias. Mozaffarian had a bit of anti-low carb bias, IMO.

    Stephen Phinney, Rob Morris and Georgia Ede had comments from the audience.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNxw9AFD2s0&feature=youtu.be

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