Neuro Effects of Keto Diet; Ketosis and Cardiometabolic Disease; Scripps CE on Diabesity

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Neuroprotective Effects of Ketogenic Diet: A Brief History

The current, widespread popularity of the ketogenic diet is largely due to its effects on weight loss and metabolic health. But long before the ketogenic diet was a trending topic in mainstream media, ketogenic diets were specifically clinically used for long-lasting seizure control in the treatment of childhood epilepsy. From the early 1920s to current day, this blog explores a brief history of the therapeutic utility of the ketogenic diet in neurological health.

Nutritional Ketosis Mitigates Cardiometabolic Disease

A low-carbohydrate diet is one of the approaches for type 2 diabetes (T2D) management, as it helps the body utilize fat as the primary fuel source instead of sugar. Recently, a yearlong carbohydrate-restricted intervention used a remote care team to deliver individualized nutrition recommendations to patients with T2D to help them achieve and sustain nutritional ketosis. Compared to usual care, the ketogenic approach resulted in clinically meaningful improvements in many cardiometabolic disease biomarkers and a significant reduction in T2D prescription medication use.

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Complimentary Continuing Education (CE) from Scripps Health

Obesity, Comorbidities, and Weight Change Patterns

Osama Hamdy, MD, PhD, FACE

Endocrinologist, Joslin Diabetes Center

Medical Director of Obesity Clinical Program & Director of Inpatient Diabetes Management, Joslin Clinic

Professor, Harvard Medical School

Credits Offered:

AMA PRA Category Credit(s)™ - 1.00

Obesity is on track to be the #1 killer in the US. Obesity and diabetes epidemics are occurring concurrently. Environmental impact, lifestyle choices, and epigenetic changes across generations are contributing to the high “diabesity” prevalence. In this presentation, Dr. Osama Hamdy explores the evolution of dietary approaches for diabetes treatment across the 20th century. Dr. Hamdy shares evidence-based dietary patterns and lifestyle intervention approaches to achieve weight loss and diabetes attenuation or remission.

*All CE is complimentary to registered Metagenics Institute users

How Can You Completely Transform Your Practice?

Betty Murray, MSc, CN, IFMCP

Betty Murray,

MSc, CN, IFMCP

Thursday, July 12, 2018

11-11:35 AM PT

This week’s Metagenics Advanced Practitioner Services (MAPS) talk is “How Can You Completely Transform Your Practice?” with Certified Nutritionist Betty Murray, MSc, CN, IFMCP. Only 60% of physicians are happy with their practices. Insurance reimbursements are down, and the overall clinical and patient experiences are not what the doctors hoped for or envisioned. Murray imparts inspirational advice and shares simple tools to support you in exploring what the perfect practice looks like for you.

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