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In 2013, ENC sponsored and organized a satellite symposium “The Controversial Role of Dietary Protein in Diabetes and Related Disorders” chaired by Mitch Kanter, PhD, Executive Director, ENC, held in conjunction with the American Society for Nutrition’s 2013 Advances and Controversies in Clinical Nutrition Conference (December 5-7,2013) in Washington, DC.

The program featured presentations which provided an overview of the available evidence on macronutrient composition and specifically, dietary protein, in the prevention and management of diabetes and diabetes-related risk factors. Coordinated by Tia Rains, PhD, Senior Director, Nutrition Research & Communications, ENC, proceedings were recently published in a supplement within Journal of Nutrition titled: The Controversial Role of Macronutrient Composition in Diabetes andRelated Disorders of the Journal of Nutrition.

Click below to access the online reprint of each article:

Kevin C Maki and Alyssa K Phillips. Dietary Substitutions for Refined Carbohydrate That Show Promise for Reducing Risk of Type 2 Diabetes in Men and Women

Amy P Campbell and Tia M Rains. Dietary Protein Is Important in the Practical Management of Prediabetes and Type 2 Diabetes

Theresa A Nicklas, Carol E O’Neil, and Victor L Fulgoni III. Differing Statistical Approaches Affect the Relation between Egg Consumption, Adiposity, and Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Adults

Barbara A Gower and Amy M Goss. A Lower-Carbohydrate,Higher-Fat Diet Reduces Abdominal and Intermuscular Fat and Increases Insulin Sensitivity in Adults at Risk of Type 2 Diabetes

Read Papers from The Controversial Role of Macronutrient Composition in Diabetes and Related Disorders

Posted on   by Anna Shlachter MS, RDN, LDN
In 2013, ENC sponsored and organized a satellite symposium “The Controversial Role of Dietary Protein in Diabetes and Related Disorders” chaired by Mitch Kanter, PhD, Executive Director, ENC, held in conjunction with the American Society for Nutrition’s 2013 Advances and Controversies in Clinical Nutrition Conference (December 5-7,2013) in Washington, DC. The program featured presentations which provided an overview of the...

Nutrition Research Presented at OMED 2014

Posted on   by Anna Shlachter MS, RDN, LDN
ENC wrapped up our conference season this year at the Osteopathic Medical Conference and Exposition (OMED) from October 25-29, in Seattle, WA. We enjoyed interacting with osteopathic physicians and hearing more about interest in nutrition and health during the exhibit booth and during a product forum. The product forum, titled “Challenging Nutrition Dogma: New Research on Dietary Protein and Health,”...

ENC at FNCE 2014

Posted on   by Anna Shlachter MS, RDN, LDN
 Almost a month has passed since the 2014 Academy of Nutrition & Dietetics’ Food & Nutrition Conference & Expo (FNCE®), the world’s largest gathering of registered dietitian nutritionists (RDNs), held on October 18-21 in Atlanta, GA, and the month after gives practitioners time to digest what they’ve learned and put it into practice. As a registered dietitian nutritionist, I enjoyed...

High-Quality Protein on a Budget

Posted on   by Anna Shlachter MS, RDN, LDN
While dangerously high rates of obesity today are no secret, scientists and health professionals continually strive to find obesity’s root causes, in an effort to combat related alarming health trends. In their searches, researchers have found a link between obesity and chronic diseases due to consumption of high energy dense foods such as refined sugars, grains and processed convenience foods....

Another Look at the Low-Carbohydrate vs. Low-Fat Study

Posted on   by Anna Shlachter MS, RDN, LDN
The media has been buzzing over the low-carbohydrate vs. low-fat headline that stemmed from a recent study in the Annals of Internal Medicine, so as discussed in earlier posts, let’s read beyond the headlines. The randomized, parallel group study looked at a low-carbohydrate vs. low-fat diet on body weight and CVD risk factors. Some positive attributes of this study were...