Just found out about a fascinating upcoming conference from my online buddy/blogger, Regina Wilshire, co-founder (with her M.D. husband) of the non-profit Carbohydrate Awareness Council.
This upcoming event will intrigue those of you who are eager to learn more about how trimming inferior carbs such as sugary foods and vitamin-robbed processed foods from your diet can yield innumerable health benefits.
The 2006 conference of the Nutrition and Metabolism Society, to take place Jan. 20 to 22 in Brooklyn, will address "Nutritional & Metabolic Aspects of Carbohydrate Restriction."
What’s especially exciting is that a who’s who of influential physicians, scientists and researchers will present their findings. For instance, these are some of the experts who will speak:
- Marc Hellerstein, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Nutritional Sciences and an Associate Nutritionist at the University of California in Berkeley
- Fredric B. Kraemer, PhD, Professor of Medicine and Chief of the Division of Endocrinology, Gerontology and Metabolism at Stanford University
- Gary J. Schwartz, PhD, Professor of Medicine and Neuroscience at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine
- Gerald I. Shulman, MD, PhD, Professor of Medicine and Cellular and Molecular Physiology at Yale University
- Daniel Tome, PhD, Institut National Agronomique, Paris-Grignon
- Eric C. Westman, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Duke University
- Mary C. Gannon, PhD, Professor of Food Science and Nutrition, and Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Minnesota and Director of the Metabolic Research Laboratory at the Minneapolis VA Medical Center
Indeed, as Regina told me, this conference is "important since it’s one of the few (or perhaps only) scientific sessions that is focused on carbohydrate restriction exclusively and its impact on a host of maladies — diabetes, insulin resistance, Metabolic Syndrome, inflammation, cholesterol, etc."
Read Regina’s comments about the event in her interesting item, Low Carb and Controlled Carb Diets Dead? Not for Researchers.
In addition, you may wish to check out Regina’s intriguing Weight of the Evidence Blog, where she spotlights and examines low-carb research on a continual basis.