Making the healthy healthier with nutrition.

1. Nutrition Talkby Solgar and Trudy Fawcett Friday 29th April 2011 Ink Club Bar, Fairmont Hotel

2. News There is strong evidence for “no optimal proportion of macronutrients that can facilitate weight loss or assist with maintaining weight loss”, and that the critical issue for achieving and maintaining weight loss is caloric intake. USDA 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans. Anti-inflammatory nutrients better than drugs; omega-3 fatty acids, astaxanthin, vitamins C and D , folic acid, CoQ10 , resveratrol, chromium, and L-carnitine even açai and pomegranate. Probiotics may reduces flu symptoms in male athletes: study from Australia. Proteins and amino-acids can promote recovery of muscle glycogen levels. Vitamin D deficiency is a silent epidemic as symptoms of it are commonly confused with the symptoms of many other illnesses. Symptoms: muscular weakness, fatigue, frequent infections. Calcium supplements, which many people consume hoping to ward off osteoporosis, may increase the risk of heart attack by as much as 30%. The high-protein, low-carbohydrate diets many people turn to for weight loss might have potentially harmful long-term effects on the colon. High protein diets will put your body systems under stress - specifically the kidneys. Over two-thirds of the dietary information printed in national UK newspapers do not have sound scientific backing, misinformation is leading to public misconceptions about food

3. Goal

4. Goal

5. Digestion Friendly Foods NO DAIRY NO WHEAT

6. Keep Your Eye on the GI A Mars a day helps you work, rest and play!

7. Keep Your Eye on the GI Refined Foods White vs Brown

8. Keep Your Eye on the GI

9. Essential Fatty Acids

10. Essential Fatty Acids 1. Fill a large glass jar, half with linseeds and half with an equal measure of sunflower, sesame and pumpkin seeds. 2. Seal and keep in the fridge. 3. Put a handful in a coffee grinder and add to smoothies, cereals and salads.

11. Vegetarian Protein

12. Top Vegetarian Athletes Carl Lewis earned a total of 10 Olympic medals over his career, 9 of them gold Dave Scott, 6 times Ironman World Champion

13. Acidicity

14. Antioxidants

15. Antioxidants Fruits with high ORAC values

16. Hydrate, Hydrate, Hydrate

17. Micronutrients

18. Micronutrients and Me

19. Top 10 Daily Tips Eat digestion friendly food Keep your eye on the GI Reduce your consumption of refined foods, avoid sugar Eat oily fish 3 times a week Take three servings of raw seeds and nuts every day Include more vegetarian protein in your diet Reduce consumption of red meat to twice a week. Drink 2-3litres of water a day Avoid caffeine and limit alcohol consumption Take supplements

20. The Good, the Bad & the Ugly “Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food.” Hippocrates, 460 BC THE GOOD Water Dairy Free Gluten Free Beans&Pulses Seeds Wholegrains Vegetables Fruit Supplements THE BAD Sugar Meat Refined Grains Dairy Gluten Caffeine Alcohol THE UGLY Artificial Colourings Artificial Flavourings Artificial Sweeteners Preservatives

22. Questions

23. Thank You How strong is your instinct for self-preservation? Contact me at trudy@tribob.com if want to know where to buy. Or have any questions.