Best Healthy Eating Presentation

 I attended a senior health event and heard Carole Bartolotto, MA, RD, Senior Consultant, Regional Health Education, Kaiser Permamente give a talk, "Eat Well for Your Health! Current Trends in Healthy Eating." During her presentation it was obvious that she had read massive amounts of current valid research on her topic.

When the nut cases started asking all their stupid questions such as, "My doctor at UCLA who is a leading expert in his field, a Ph D. teaching doctor, and a Nobel Prize winner said blah, blah, blah." She was able to counter with, "What is the doctor's name? I teach doctors about nutrition. According to the over whelming amount of research that I have read he is wrong.

She went after supplements in a big way. She showed slides of bottles whose labels said it contained St Johns Wort purchased from Walgreens or Sprouts and revealed that tests showed that it contained no St. Johns Wort. Many similar examples. She showed that supplements are not only a waste of money (provide you with very expensive urin), but also may be dangerous.

Her slides comparing side by side  unhealthy and healthy meals on a similar plate were visually spectacular. Much more convincing than numbers.

Bottom line, we all need to eat more vegetables and less meat, salt sugar, fat.

Best talk on healthy eating to date.