Episode 24: In Conversation with Dr. David Katz, International Authority on Nutrition

Summary: It's not everyday you are presented with an opportunity to be in conversation with an internationally renowned expert.  We were very pleased when we were given an opportunity to be in conversation with Dr. David Katz during his recent visit to central Minnesota. Our conversation focused entirely on the NuVal Nutrition Scoring System. The Conversation Hub would like to thank Ms. Jodi Rohe of the Better Living: Exercise and Nutrition Daily coalition for making this conversation possible. About Dr. David Katz David L. Katz MD, MPH, FACPM, FACP is an internationally renowned authority on nutrition, weight management, and the prevention of chronic disease, and an internationally recognized leader in integrative medicine and patient-centered care. He is a board certified specialist in both Internal Medicine, and Preventive Medicine/Public Health, and Associate Professor (adjunct) in Public Health Practice at the Yale University School of Medicine. Katz is the Director and founder (1998) of Yale University's Prevention Research Center; Director and founder of the Integrative Medicine Center at Griffin Hospital (2000) in Derby, CT; founder and president of the non-profit Turn the Tide Foundation; and formerly the Director of Medical Studies in Public Health at the Yale School of Medicine for eight years. Katz has published over 100 scientific papers, numerous textbook chapters, nearly a thousand newspaper columns, and 12 books to date. He is the principal inventor of the Overall Nutritional Quality Index utilized in the NuVal™ nutrition guidance program (www.nuval.com), currently offered in over 500 supermarkets throughout the United States.  More information about Dr. Katz is available here. About NuVal Fact panels, package labels, nutrition reports.  There has to be a better way to make decisions about the foods you eat.  Now there is: the NuVal™ Nutritional Scoring System.  The NuVal™ System does the nutritional heavy lifting so you don’t have to.  Developed by an independent panel of nutrition and medical experts, the System helps you see – at a glance – the nutritional value of the food you buy. NuVal™ Scores summarize comprehensive nutritional information in one simple number between 1 and 100.  Each NuVal™ Score takes into account more than just the nutrition fact panel.  It considers 30-plus nutrients and nutrition factors – the good (protein, calcium, vitamins) and the not-so-good (sugar, sodium, cholesterol).  And then it boils it down into a simple, easy-to-use number; a number you can trust to make better decisions about nutrition in just a few seconds. More information about NuVal is available on their website. Images courtesy of: Dr. David Katz; www.nuval.com and iStockphoto.