Low Carb Melbourne 2019
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Description
An evening of presentations on low carbohydrate nutrition for optimising health and weight with two world experts.
Gary Taubes "Why We Get Fat"
Dr David Unwin "Low Carb Nutrition for Good Health"
Panel Discussion with speakers - Moderators Dr Rod Tayler and Dr Peter Brukner
Gary Taubes is an investigative science and health journalist and co-founder and president of the non-profit Nutrition Science Initiative (NuSI.org). He is the author of "The Case Against Sugar" (2016), "Why We Get Fat" (2011) and "Good Calories, Bad Calories" (2008) His books have been translated into two dozen languages.
Gary has focused his reporting on controversial science and, specifically, the confluence of research in nutrition, obesity, chronic disease and public health policy.
Dr David Unwin is GP in Southport UK where he has worked since 1986 as a family doctor. For the past few years he has been a Royal College of General Practitioners expert clinical advisor on diabetes. As a result of his interests in both better communication with patients and Type 2 diabetes he was made Royal College of General Practice National Champion for Collaborative Care and Support Planning in Obesity & Diabetes in 2015..
He is particularly interested in the low carb-diet as an alternative to lifelong medication in type 2 diabetes and other dietary modifications to improve health. As part of this he has also published research into improving liver function and blood pressure by reducing dietary carbohydrate, especially sugar.
Dr Rod Tayler is the founder of Low Carb Down Under
Dr Peter Brukner is the founder of SugarByHalf and the author of "Fat Lot of Good"