Topic Tag: Online Summit 2020

This live panel features an introduction to the new publication Lifestyle Medicine Journal (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/26883740) and a discussion around bringing about social stage facilitated by ASLM’s Executive Director Stephen Penman with a stellar line up of Lifestyle Medicine experts: Prof Fraser Birrell, BSLM Director of Science & Research and Rheumatologist Prof Garry Egger, ASLM Board Member, […]

Four experts on the Low Carb approach discuss definitions of LCHF (Low Carb Healthy Fats), the benefits, and the results they’ve seen in their patients, with weight loss, reversal of type 2 diabetes and other health benefits e.g. improvements in mental health, joint pain, psoriasis, acne to name a few.

Published in 2010, The Marmot Review: Fair Society, Healthy Lives was a landmark study of health inequalities in England. While there has been progress in some areas since 2010, there is growing evidence that health inequalities are widening and life expectancy is stalling. In his presentation, Sir Michael Marmot revisits the original question “Why treat […]

Using the low carbohydrate approach Dr David Unwin has helped 46% of his patients with type 2 diabetes to move into drug-free remission.

Nutrition-scientist & dietitian Dr Joanna McMillan joins food writer Mark Bittman and Dr David Katz, American physician and president of True Health Initiative, in a discussion around food systems, the importance of diet on overall health and why there is no news about diet.

MCs Simon and Kim discuss highlights and topical themes from day one of the Summit so far, such as telehealth, big issues of public health, culinary medicine, and what to look forward to on day two of the Summit. Watch through to the end for a snippet of Dr Michael Mosley demonstrating a five minute, […]

Interviewed by ASLM Board Member Dr Chris Ganora “Sandro’s inspiring words and leadership offer great hope for our future”. Sandro shares his views on life after COVID 19 from a public health perspective – what might the ‘new normal’ look like, and with many huge systems disruptions occurring, what health aspects it may affect.

Culinary Medicine is a unique combination of nutrition and culinary knowledge to assist doctors with learning the foundations of clinical nutrition as well as how best to motivate their patients to lead healthier lives using food.In this talk, Rupy discusses why it’s imperative to change the current model of healthcare to appreciate the medicinal effects […]

The gut microbiome appears to be the key interface between physical and mental health. Probiotics, faecal microbiota transplants and ‘crapsules’ are being mooted as the new game-changers of psychiatry. How established is the science of these psychobiotic treatments, and how can it be applied to clinical practice? This talk will review the evidence for the […]

We know that frailty is associated with critical changes in immune function, where the immune system is both overactive and less able to respond to threats and is related to the underlying cellular changes seen in ageing. As clinicians, we see this in our patients who are more susceptible to infections, as well as the […]