No, I haven’t gone crazy for the ‘caped crusader’… but I thought that would get your attention…. oh look it did! 😉
I’m off to Melbourne for the ACNEM Conference May 5-6th and Batmania was one of the interim names of this very cool and happenin’ town before it became known as Melbourne in 1837! Things have certainly changed in nutrition and the environment since then and as practitioners we now need to address sometimes very complex dynamics between genes, gut, nutrition and environmental health. Which, luckily enough this conference is all about!
This year’s theme for ACNEM is Health for Life – Mastering the Integrated Approach.
I am fortunate to be included in the exceptional speaker line-up (thanks for lovely sentiments many of you have expressed so far about that 🙂 ) I am presenting on ageing..which many of you know that I am suddenly now very interested in…getting old and all.
I am specifically trying to solve a big dietary conundrum with ageing populations: Protein V Potassium! There is now so much literature on the benefits of improved dietary protein for multiple health benefits in older individuals, from muscles and bones to metabolism and cognition…equally, however, there is extraordinary data on the impact of improved potassium consumption…bones, blood pressure, cognition to name a few. If our primary dietary focus is about protein adequacy, not only is potassium at risk of being forgotten but its levels are further threatened by an increasing metabolic acid load. This true in any age group but even more so in older populations.
I hope you’ll join me at the 8th Science of Nutrition in Medicine Conference this year. For more details go to conference.acnem.org
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If you would like to know more about my other upcoming
speaking engagements check out my calendar here…
https://rachelarthur.com.au/live-appearances/
speaking engagements check out my calendar here…
https://rachelarthur.com.au/live-appearances/