Thursday, February 13, 2014

What is the Right Diet?

What is the right diet?

This question has inspired me my whole life, or at least since the day my mom read the book Sugar Blues by William Duffy and removed all the sugar from our house in Beaverton, OR (very shocking to a 10 year old!).  Some might argue that this question is what inspired me to become a dietitian.

Well, this summer I might have the opportunity to answer the ageless quandary.


The Institute for Functional Medicine is having their Annual (International) Conference on Food and Nutrition on May 29-31, 2014 in San Francisco, CA.  The topic is Functional Perspectives on Food and Nutrition: The Ultimate Upstream Medicine.  Cutting edge experts - scientists and clinicians - will discuss how they have applied personalized therapies in clinical practice - comparing veganism to the Paleo diet to the Mediterranean diet.  I really want to go.

Video: what is the right micronutrient ratio for your patient?

Speakers include:

The first step to making something happen, to manifesting something in your life, is to speak it out loud.  With this blog post, I am letting people know that I really want to attend this conference.  I believe that attending will help me to be a better clinician.  The purpose of conferences is to learn from all the experts - all in one place - to hear the latest research that I otherwise would have to spend the time to find, read and interpret.  It will be worth the time and money.

Things that are currently in my way:
$950 registration fee
Airfare (~$500)
Currently planned work trip to Toronto, Canada (May 27-30)