Recently I was as the Integrative Health Symposium.
Check out the event here: http://www.ihsymposium.com/annual-conference/
One panel discussion session I particularly enjoyed was titled:
Vegan, Paleo or Mediterranean/Asian: The Right Diet or the “Rite” Diet
This session was a mix of doctors in the field of nutrition who recommend different diets. They all seemed to agree that we need to:
- Eat organic vegetables
- Avoid trans fats, fast foods, and GMO’s
- Nothing artificial… eat only from nature
- No processed foods even if gluten free
Meat, Fish, Chicken, Eggs – pasture raised, grass fed, organic
Fish – the smaller the better
Dairy – raw from a farm you know
Oils – olive, macadamia, avocado, coconut and butter is back
Canola Oil is not good to use. Here is an article about Canola Oil I chose to include from Snopes: http://www.snopes.com/medical/toxins/canola.asp You decide.
Opinions on fiber, grains and carbohydrates varied. I personally like to follow the recommendations of Mark Hyman, MD who spoke at the symposium, but was not at this session.
More than one doctor said they’d hoped that the studies that said in moderation red wine and chocolate were good for you were correct because they enjoyed eating/drinking them and didn’t want to have to give them up.
The moderator was:
Gerald M. Lemole, MD who wrote:
The Healing Diet: A Total Health Program to Purify Your Lymph System and Reduce the rist of Heart Disease, Arthritis, and Cancer
The panelists were:
1. David Perlmutter, MD, FACN, ABIHM who wrote:
Grain Brain: The Surprising Truth about Wheat, Carbs, and Sugars – Your Brain’s Silent Killers
2. Stephen T. Sinatra, MD, FACC, FACN, CNS, CBT who wrote:
The Great Cholesterol Myth: Why Lowering Your Cholesterol Won’t Prevent Heart Disease – and the Statin-Free Plan That Will
3. Michael Greger, MD who wrote:
Carbophobia: The Scary Truth about America’s Low-Carb Craze
4. Colin Champ, MD, The Caveman Doctor
