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PARTNERS | HEALTHY CITY | HOW HEALTHY | VISION | SUMMIT | PRIORITIES | FUNCTIONS | CITY OF FALL RIVER |
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Partners Executive Director Dr. David
Weed and Southcoast
Health Registered Dietitian Amanda Raposo presented another session in the series on "How to Lose Weight Without Going Hungry"
as part of the Greater
Fall River Fitness Challenge. The series is offered to Challenge
participants who are attempting to lose weight in the Challenge through
exercise, though research is clear that exercise is not a good for
long-term weight loss. Low
carbohydrate, high fat diets, on the other hand, have repeatedly
been demonstrated to lead to significant weight loss, especially
when compared to low-fat, calorie-restricted approaches. In this session, Dr. Weed
and Ms. Raposo talk about how fruit, and especially avocados, fit
into a low-carb, high-fat diet, by explaining
how fat storage works. Click here for
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(Top row)
Dr. Weed introduces the session on fruit by talking about fructose, the
kind of sugar that is in fruit, and by describing the amounts of
carbohydrates found in various kinds of fruit. (Row two) Southcoast
Health Registered Dietitian Amanda Raposo and her son, Jack, join Dr.
Weed as he continues the presentation. (Row three) After talking about
how fruit has been hybridized to yield more sugar, as described in the
two-hour PBS
documentary "The Botany of Desire", Dr. Weed goes on to
describe how
avocados have evolved into one of the best
fruits for a low-carb, high fat diet. (Row four) Ms. Raposo explains
why our brain's need for carbohydrates can easily be supplied by the conversion
of protein into glucose, so carbohydrates are not a necessary
dietary component even those we get plenty even on a low-carb diet.
(Bottom row) After learning of the benefits of avocados, the group gets
to sample some guacamole
served with cheese crisps that you can make
in your oven or in
your microwave..,
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video of the presentation.