Showing posts with label video. Show all posts
Showing posts with label video. Show all posts

Friday, September 2, 2011

Dr. Michael Greger, The Latest in Nutrition



Dr. Greger introduces an engaging new interactive quiz show format that lets us test our nutrition knowledge with some surprising outcomes. He has scoured the world${q}s scholarly literature on human nutrition and developed this brand new talk of the latest in cutting edge research. Focusing on studies published just over the last year in peer reviewed scientific nutrition journals, he offers practical advice on how best to feed ourselves and our families to prevent, treat, and even reverse chronic disease.

A founding member of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine, Michael Greger, M.D., is a physician, author, and internationally recognized speaker on nutrition, food safety, and public health issues. He has lectured at the Conference on World Affairs, the International Bird Flu Summit, the National Institutes of Health, testified before Congress, and was invited as an expert witness in the defense of Oprah Winfrey in the infamous "meat defamation" trial. He is a graduate of Cornell University School of Agriculture and Tufts University School of Medicine. Currently, Dr. Greger serves as the Director of Public Health and Animal Agriculture at The Humane Society of the United States.

Filming and editing by Dr William Harris M.D. on April 21, 2009 at Ala Wai Golf Course Clubhouse, Honolulu, Hawaii
Sponsored by: Vegetarian Society of Hawaii http://www.vsh.org 

Tuesday, September 2, 2008

What to Eat, Professor Marion Nestle lecture at Google

Nutritionist and Author Marion Nestle discusses her latest book, "What to Eat" as well as her previous books "Food Politics: How the Food Industry Influences Nutrition" and "Health and Safe Food: Bacteria, Biotechnology, and Bioterrorism" as part of the Authors@Google series. A professor of nutrition at NYU, Nestle was featured in the film "Super Size Me" and has been called "one of the nation's smartest and most influential authorities on nutrition and food policy." This event took place May 8, 2007 at Google headquarters in Mountain View, CA

In Defense of Food


Exceptional book, author and lecture on one of todays hottest topics, what should I eat? How should we eat if we are concerned about health, the environment and the food shortage facing the planet?
Have cooking and gardening become subversive acts in our society?