This week, I am thrilled to be attending the international summit “Finding Common Ground,” sponsored by the non-profit nutrition organization Oldways, and co-chaired by Dr. Walter Willett of the Harvard School of Public Health and my husband, Dr. David Katz, Founding Director of the Yale Prevention Research Center.
I have to admit I haven’t been this excited about a scientific conference since my graduate and Post-Doc days…and that’s a long time!
The conference will bring together scientific and medical experts on diets widely ranging from Paleo to Vegan, Mediterranean to Low-GIycemic, to find their common denominator and agree on a common core of nutrition facts.
Of course, I have been privileged to have an insider’s view (He is theory and I am practice!) and I am pretty sure that Cuisinicity will prove to be right in the sweet spot.
So this week, on my homepage, I am featuring some of the Cuisinicity tips that I have written over the last year, that are germane to the “philosophy” behind my recipes, in case you have missed them!
You’ll also note that the whole food categories that I chose to display prominently on the sidebar to your left –so you can always access them….go ahead and peek!–are veggies, fruit, beans, legumes, nuts & seeds and whole grains–That’s it!
For now, I am just thrilled and honored to watch the world experts convene and work together for that patch of ground common to the fundamentals of healthy eating, because in unity, there is strength!
I’ll keep you apprised of course! I just have a feeling that I will be coming back inspired to create more Cuisinicity recipes that you will love…and that will love you back!
That makes good sense – some advice gets into insulin resistance, metabolic syndrome, etc. but those I suppose are specific individual diagnosis. The calories in/out and some portion control is a bit challenging with your delicious recipes! Thank you for attending the conference!
So , the consigns revolve around health in general not in terms of weight loss or maintaining a healthy weight? Would there be only one large, more general agreement for health and then perhaps others as they pertain to healthy aging, losing weight for health, healthy children, etc.?
Greg, they are one and the same!
Eat a diet rich in wholesome foods, lots of veggies, fruit, whole grains, legumes and beans (with or without fish, lean unprocessed meats, eggs or dairy), limit saturated and transfat (I will elaborate on the other types of fats that are not limited in my post), and limit added sugar and you will fill up on fewer calories. If you add that to some physical activity (30 mn a day), and balance your calories in to calories out ratio, you will control your weight. By the same token, reduce chronic disease, add years to life and even more important, life to years, as my husband always says, so better aging, healthier children, healthier planet and on and on it goes!
Good morning – can you explain the line on the slide that said “silent on the upper limit of total fat- types of fat more important” I don’t understand that. Looking forward to your report! Best, Greg
Hi Greg,
I will write up a report later today, but in a nutshell, that line is in the context of making clear that as long as you limit saturated fat to 10% maximum, and eliminate transfat altogether, they didn’t put a limit on the remaining healthy fats, namely those that come from olive,avocado, nuts and seeds because they confer health benefits. I hope this helps. I will elaborate in my post. Please let me know, so that I can try to respond to your question (which I am sure also have, so great question!!!) best when I do, OK?
So happy you are at the conference – I am sooo confused on the saturated fat topic. It seems now whole full fat dairy is recommended – (Dr. David Ludwig is at the conference and he is a big supporter of this – he has a new book “Always Hungry”) I think this goes against some of your recommendations – so, common ground would be great but I think so many people are making a lot of money off the weight of america that they might not want to agree – maybe you can corner Dr. Ludwig for a conversation – seems higher fat and lower carbs are the current mantra du jour – by leading “experts” —- good luck – it will be great to hear about the news from the front lines- Best to you and yours – Greg
Hi Greg, I will address all that in my post when I get a chance to write it, but not to worry, the experts do agree and it’s in line with the recommendations that I have outlined before…stay tuned! In the meantime, you can find out more about the consigns reached here: http://oldwayspt.org/common-ground
Hi Catherine,
I would love to have a sneak peak into this conference!! Please send new findings and recommendations. Can’t wait to hear!!
Thanks
Caroline
Chatham, NJ
I will Caroline! I am hoping to write a post today! In the meantime you can find out more about the consensus that the experts reached–(YAY!!) here: http://oldwayspt.org/common-ground
This is good… However it seems as though all the speakers are MDs.It would ve been good to include those into Integrative Medicine,holistic nutrition etc so that the conclusions/ recommendations would indeed be common ground.
Well , looking forward to hearing its conclusions.
Hi Star,
They too will be represented!
Dear Catherine,
I would be very grateful if you will share with us (me) the results of this conference!
Marjorie
Absolutely Marjorie!
Merci de me permettre de suivre à distance ces importantes communications.