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Toxic Foods Live Online Seminar Agenda
TOPICS TO BE COVERED:
Toxic foods: What are they and how do they affect our health?
• Defining toxic foods and how they affect our health. Common dietary and environmental sources.
• Protecting our food supply - what are the current standards of safety?
- Who governs our food supply?
Dietary sweeteners: How they effect our appetite and metabolism
• High-fructose corn syrup, energy intake, and appetite regulation.
• Sucrose, glucose & fructose: Their effect on key hormonal regulators - leptin, ghrelin and insulin.
• Diabetes, hypertriglyceridemia and insulin resistance: Are the sweeteners in our diets promoters of disease?
Zenoestrogens - Friend or foe?
• What are zenoestrogens? Common zenoestrogens in the diet and environment.
• The role of phytoestrogens in women’s health (e.g. menopause, breast cancer, etc). Are we getting too much?
- Estrogen excess - the role of zenoestrogens in estrogen dominance.
• The effects of soy isoflavones on obesity. Phytoestrogens and bone health.
Organic vs non-organic: Is it worth the additional cost?
• Pesticides and herbicides - what is in our common food supply?
• Understanding what you are paying for when you buy organics - is it worth the cost?
• A look at the link between commonly consumed pesticides and cancer, Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s disease.
Commonly consumed toxic foods and how they Affect our risk for disease
• Trans-fatty acids and cardiovascular disease: Their effect on LDL-cholesterol and diabetes.
• The effects of hormones and antibiotics in our food supply. Early puberty? Inflammation?
• Refined and chemically processed vegetable oils and grains: What happens during the refining process?
• Convenience foods - hidden chemicals? Are we sacrificing our health for convenience?
• Mercury: Its neurotoxic effects. Seafood safety. The mercury-high fructose corn syrup connection.
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