Cutting Through the Clutter of Popular Diets

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Celebrity nutritionist Zonya Foco, RDN, is one of the most exciting, inspiring, vital and unforgettable speakers in America. After graduating from Eastern Michigan University, she began her career at the Michigan Heart and Vascular Institute in the 1990’s when the low carb/low fat diet wars first began. Zonya has maintained an open mindset remembering to “never be down on what she’s not up on”, know what really matters is the food lifestyle that people can live joyously for life. And that is not the same for everyone! This led the way for her creating and delivering nutrition education for both treatment and prevention of heart disease, diabetes and obesity. From there, she began hosting Zonya’s Health Bites, her weekly PBS show that has aired across the nation for over a decade. She is the author of the fastest way to healthy, Lickety-Split Meals and Eat REAL cookbooks, as well as the creator of numerous courses on blood pressure, cholesterol, diabetes, depression and weight management. Her high energy crossed with low maintenance solutions makes healthy living fun and doable for all. Learn more at Zonya Foco

 

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Zonya Foco receives compensation as a professional speaker, publisher, and author. She receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Zonya Foco is a member of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics and the National Speaker's Association.

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Objectives

1. Summarize vegan, keto, Mediterranean and intermittent fasting diets using an evidence-based approach as a helpful guide for clients/patients who are looking to make nutritional changes.   
2. Determine what a client must do in order to eat healthfully following Vegan, Keto, Mediterranean or Intermittent Fasting for optimal function and health outcomes.  
3. Utilize a simple 4 question test, to gently guide clients in a truly healthful eating style no matter what their innate or preferred diet style is.   

Outline

Diet Historical Review: Where we’ve been and where we’re going      

• Low fat: How this is both right, and wrong 
• Low Carb: How this is both right and wrong 
• Should ultra-processing have something to do with it? 
• Additives/Preservatives/Artificial Sweeteners/colors/Transfats 
• Is it just about the Macro’s? or More about the “Micros? 

Atkins and Keto                                         

• What it is and how it works 
• The Pros/Cons data for effectiveness  
  • Weight loss 
  • Diabetes 
  • Cancer 
  • Heart Disease 
  • Seizures  

What anyone must know and do daily in order to follow this diet safely and healthfully 

• The succinct “take-away” of this diet for anyone considering it. 
• Q/A/discussion  
  • What observations/experiences with this diet have you had personally? With your clients?  

Vegan/100% Plant-Based                                                                             

• What is is and how it works 
• The Pros/Cons data for effectiveness 
  • Weight Loss 
  • Diabetes 
  • Cancer 
  • Heart Disease 
• What anyone must know and do daily in order to follow this diet safely and healthfully 
• The succinct “take-away” of this diet for anyone considering it. 
• Q/A/discussion  
  • What observations/experiences with this diet have you had personally? With your clients?  

Stand up and MOVE and GROOVE to music                                            

Mediterranean ( and “Blue Zones”)                         

• What it is and how it works 
• The Pros/Cons data for effectiveness 
  • Weight Loss 
  • Diabetes 
  • Cancer 
  • Heart Disease 
• What anyone must know and do daily in order to follow this diet safely and healthfully 
• The succinct “take-away” of this diet for anyone considering it. 
• Q/A/discussion  
  • What observations/experiences with this diet have you had personally? With your clients?  

Intermittent Fasting                             

• What are all the types and how it works 
• The Pros/Cons data for effectiveness 
  • Weight Loss 
  • Diabetes 
  • Cancer 
  • Heart Disease 
• What anyone must know and do daily in order to follow this diet safely and healthfully 
• The succinct “take-away” of this diet for anyone considering it. 
• Q/A/discussion  
  • What observations/experiences with this diet have you had personally? With your clients?  

If we were to take the best from each, reduce “restriction” making it    
livable and family friendly… 

• what would that look like?  
• How might we teach it?  Eat REAL 
  • Read it Before You Eat It 
  • Embrace Super Foods 
  • Activate Flavor 
  • Listen to your Gut Feelings 
• Case Studies of individuals who have taken this non-diet approach 
• Q/A discussion 
  • What are your observations/experiences/expectations of how this non-diet, REAL FOOD approach might work? 

Target Audience

• Counselors
• Marriage and Family Therapists
• Nurses
• Nurse Practitioners
• Occupational Therapists
• Occupational Therapy Assistants
• Physician Assistants
• Other Mental Health Professions