Protein Overload: Are You Eating More Than You Need?
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Protein Overload: Are You Eating More Than You Need?

Americans are obsessed with protein. We buy high protein bars, high protein cereals, protein fortified drinks, and we eat meat, eggs or dairy at nearly every meal. In fact, we eat more meat per capita than any country in the world. But why? Christopher, a health researcher at Stanford, will guide attendees through the protein maze with a research-based, common sense view toward understanding this nutrient's human impact, it's reasonable distribution at meals and nutrition options that could shift our cultural approach to it.

Christopher Gardner, PhD

Christopher Gardner, PhD, is a professor of medicine at Stanford University. He has served on numerous committees, including the nutrition committee of the American Heart Association, and is currently on the scientific advisory board of the Culinary Institute of America. Christopher has conducted more than a dozen human nutrition trials, primarily funded by the NIH, involving more than 1,700 research participants. His most recent study is an NIH funded weight loss trial among 609 overweight and obese adults, that will try to determine if insulin resistance, genotype and microbial diversity predict differential weight loss on different diets. He holds a doctorate in nutrition science.
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