Carb IQ: Comparing Keto, Paleo and Low Carb
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Carb IQ: Comparing Keto, Paleo and Low Carb

For 50 years, health guidelines focused on avoiding fats to prevent heart disease, while missing the bulls-eye: refined carbohydrates. Now, with changing health guidelines to limit sugars, and refined carbohydrates implicated in the degenerative diseases of modern civilization, consumers are shifting to Paleo, ketogenic and other low-carbohydrate diets. But what is the difference between these diets and is there science to support them? Did our ancestors really eat that way? For what conditions are they effective? Jim will discuss all these topics and how these diets can be applied with your clients.

Jim Painter, PhD

Jim Painter, PhD, is an adjunct professor at the University of Texas, and his current research includes heart disease and mindless eating. Jim consults for Sun-Maid Raisin Growers, Paramount Farms and the National Dairy Council. He serves on the American Heart Association's Eat Well Task Force and is the chair of Sugarwise. Jim has over 100 peer-reviewed publications to his credit.
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Learning Objectives

  1. Describe the ketogenic, low-carbohydrate and paleo diets.
  2. Explain the fundamentals of a high-fat, moderate-protein, low-carb diet.
  3. Discuss the research supporting a low-carb diet.
  4. Explain how low carb doesn’t mean low fiber.
  5. Summarize how low-carb diets agree with other diets on many points.
  6. Describe why leafy green, cruciferous and allium veggies are essential.

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  3. Take the test. (You must score 80% to pass. If you do not pass, you may retake the test.)
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  • Carb IQ: Comparing Keto, Paleo and Low Carb
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