My friend Pedro Bastos graciously invited me to speak at a conference he organized in Lisbon on October 5 titled "Food, Nutrition and the Prevention of Chronic Diseases". I will give two talks:
- "Ancestral Health: What is Our Human Potential?" This talk will explore the health of non-industrial cultures in an effort to understand how much of our modern chronic disease burden is preventable, and it will briefly touch on one major aspect of non-industrial life that may protect against the "diseases of civilization". This presentation will focus on age-adjusted data from high quality studies.
- "Why Do We Overeat: a Neurobiological Perspective." This talk will attempt to explain why most of us consume more calories than we need to maintain weight-- a phenomenon that is a central cause of morbidity and mortality in the modern world. It will touch on some of the brain mechanisms involved in ingestive behavior, and outline a framework to explain why these mechanisms are often maladaptive in today's environment.
Pedro will speak about dairy consumption, vitamin D, and chronic disease.
The conference is targeted to health professionals and students of nutrition, however it's open to anyone who is interested in these topics. It's sponsored by NutriScience, a Portuguese nutrition education and consulting company. Sadly, I don't speak Portuguese, so my talks will be in English.
Access the full program, and register for the conference, using the links below:
