Dr. Nicole Avena is a research neuroscientist and expert in the fields of nutrition, diet and addiction. She is a pioneer in the field of food addiction, and it was her seminal research work that jump started this exciting new field of exploration in medicine and nutrition. She is also an expert in diet during pregnancy, and childhood nutrition. Dr. Avena has blogs on Psychology Today and The Huffington Post, and she regularly appears on television, including Hallmark Channel, The Dr. Oz Show, The Doctors and Good Day New York. Her new book, “What to Feed Your Baby and Toddler” covers nutrition for babies who are just beginning to eat, and offers science-based advice and practical tips on how to get your baby to eat healthy foods. She is also the author of “What to Eat When You’re Pregnant” and coauthor of “Why Diets Fail”.

Learning Points:

Does mom’s diet during pregnancy set the stage for infant development?  

Does brain development affect our food choices?

What can parents do to ensure their kids are eating healthy diets?

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Host: David Campbell - Gospel: John 6.51-58

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Host: Allan Smith - Fulton J. Sheen gives two reflections.

Host: David Campbell -Gospel: Luke 1.39-56

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Dr. Kenneth Rockwood is a professor of medicine (geriatric and neurology) at Dalhousie University and an active staff physician at the Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre.

He is also the Dalhousie Medical Research Foundation Kathryn Allen Weldon Professor of Alzheimer Research at Dalhousie University. A native of Newfoundland, he received his MD from Memorial University, and completed internal medicine training at the University of Alberta and geriatric medicine at Dalhousie University.

A leading authority on frailty, Kenneth Dr. Rockwood has more than 450 peer-reviewed publications and nine books to his credit, including the eighth edition of Brocklehurst’s Textbook of Geriatric Medicine & Gerontology. He is Associate Director of the Canadian Collaboration on Neurodegeneration in Aging, and leads its Quality of Life theme, and Knowledge Translation Platform.

Learning Points:

Can Dementia be prevent or delay?

Why must we look at a whole body approach to fight Dementia?

How can we use our understanding  of Epigenetics to alter the course of Dementia?

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