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23Jun2019

avisha Blog, The Health Hub June 23, 2019 0 Comments

This Week on The Health Hub…Strategies to Protect our Brain as We Age with Kelly Dorfman

Kelly Dorfman is one of the world’s foremost experts on using nutrition therapeutically to improve brain function, energy and mood. She works collaboratively with other medical professionals to help people develop creative strategies to address complex ailments and symptoms. After identifying core issues she employs tried-and-true strategies grounded in research to attain the best results over time. One of Kelly’s special interests is children. Her award winning book, Cure Your Child With Food: The Hidden Connection Between Nutrition and Childhood Ailments, was reissued by Workman Press in June 2013. Kelly holds a master’s degree in nutrition/biology and is a licensed nutrition dietitian. She resides with her husband in Virginia. They are the parents of three grown children.

Learning Points:

How our brain changes as we age
How nutrition can protect our brain
Optimal brain food

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20Jun2019

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Great Reasons to Shop Local and Support Our Farmers

One of my favourite things to do in our warm months is to go to local Farmers’ Markets. Besides getting out in the fresh air and having the pleasure of speaking directly to the growers, farmers’ markets encourage us to eat seasonally and eating seasonally offers us many benefits.

Fresh, Ripe and Nutritious

You are pretty much guaranteed fresh fruits and vegetable when you purchase at farmers’ markets. And because these foods are allowed to fully ripen in the fields before they’re transported to the market they should be more nutritious.

The Produce is so Flavourful

Again because local foods are as close to vine-ripened as possible, coupled with the fact that they tend to be organic, their produce just tastes better than similar items in your grocery store.

Adding variety in to your diet

At the farmers’ market you will find such an assortment of produce. This offers you a great opportunity to try new foods and fill your diet with an assortment of colours and nutrients.

Protecting the Environment

This may not be the first thing to come to mind but shopping at local markets and eating foods in season protects the environment. Local food does not travel far and tends to have much less packaging. Less fuel plus less packaging equals less pollution.

Beyond eating seasonally, shopping at your local market offers other benefits.

In general, prices for fruits and veggies tend to be more reasonable than at the big supermarkets and who couldn’t use a break on the old pocket book every now and then!

Added to this, when you shop at farmers’ markets you support the farmers both financially and in a communal sense.

Small farmers rely on local support to enable their business to survive.

Frequenting your local market allows you to speak directly with the producers and get to know them. You can get a real sense of where your food comes from and the passion, dedication and hard work that it took to get your food to you.

Cultivating this sense of community is good for the soul!

In Ontario our season is short for local markets so get to know where they are and when they are and get out there and support our local farmers!

Here is a link to help you locate a market near you:

http://farmersmarketsontario.com/

16Jun2019

avisha Blog, The Health Hub June 16, 2019 0 Comments

This Week on The Health Hub…Let’s Talk About SIBO (Small Intestinal Bacteria Overgrowth) with Dr. Mark Pimentel

Mark Pimentel, M.D., is Professor of Medicine, Geffen School of Medicine and Associate Professor at Cedars‐Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California.

Dr. Pimentel completed 3 years of an undergraduate degree in honors microbiology and biochemistry at the University of Manitoba, Canada. This was followed by his medical degree, and his BSc (Med) from the University of Manitoba Health Sciences Center in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, where he also completed a residency in internal medicine.

His medical training includes a fellowship in gastroenterology at the UCLA Affiliated Training Program. Active in research, Dr. Pimentel has served as a principal investigator or co‐investigator for numerous basic‐science, translational and clinical studies in such areas as IBS, and the relationship between gut flora composition and human disease.

His work has been published in the New England Journal of Medicine, Annals of Internal Medicine, American Journal of Physiology, American Journal of Medicine, American Journal of Gastroenterology and Digestive Diseases and Sciences, among others.

Dr. Pimentel has been invited to present his work at meetings, grand rounds and advisory boards in the United States and Internationally. He is diplomate of the American Board of Internal Medicine (Gastroenterology) and a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.

Dr. Pimentel is also a member of several medical associations including the American Gastroenterological Association, the American College of Gastroenterology, and the American Neurogastroenterology and Motility Society.

A few of Dr. Pimentel’s most significant accomplishments include:

The discovery of rifaximin as a treatment for irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)
He developed the first blood test for IBS on the basis of IBS being derived from acute gastroenteritis
Described the association between IBS and bacterial overgrowth which forms the basis for microbiome therapies in this condition
Uncovered the methanogen ( smithii) as an agent for causing constipation in humans.
Discovered the use of lovastatin as a microbiome treatment for constipation on the basis of inhibiting methane production by methanogens

Learning Points:

What is SIBO?
What are signs and symptoms of SIBO?
How is SIBO treated?

Social Media

https://twitter.com/MarkPimentelMD

https://www.cedars-sinai.edu/Research/Research-Labs/Pimentel-Lab/

Listen live or catch the podcast on iTunes and SoundCloud!

Every Tuesday from 11am -12pm I host The Health Hub, an interactive, forward thinking talk show on Radio Maria Canada. Call, tweet or email your questions as together we explore health issues that are relevant to you from new and innovative points of view.