• A growing body of research suggests that the “missing piece” in recovery might not be the exercises themselves—it could be what patients eat.
• Nutrition in physical therapy practice is growing in many States and countries. What does the nutrition education look like for PTs? What does some of the research show?
• We discuss this and more in our Podcast (transcript below). 

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Transcript:

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We are thrilled to announce that we have partnered with Examine.com to support them in their effort to bring nutrition and health education to all. Examine is the largest database of nutrition and supplement research on the internet. As physical therapists looking for nutrition related information about supplements, recovery, and healing, we often do not have the time to sift through endless journals or take full nutrition courses. But, Examine has more than 30 researchers on their team who read the research and summarize it for us!

Founded in early 2011, Examine’s mission is to analyze the full body of evidence to help you and your patients be healthier. As an educational organization, they are not affiliated with any supplement or food company, and our research team is contractually obligated to have no conflicts of interest. The thing I love about Examine.com is that a Doctor of Physical Therapy can go to their site, read a review, and not feel pressured to buy anything or be offer...

By Dr. Sean M. Wells, PT, DPT, OCS, ATC/L, CSCS, CNPT, Cert-DN

Recently our team received emails and messages from a few New York physical therapists. Their overall message was clear: you and your courses are wrong and that carnivore is the only way (along with other expletives). As a proud evidenced-based provider of nutritional continuing education, accept this as our reply and an outlining of why the carnivore diet is ridiculous and unsafe.

Origins

If you are not familiar with the carnivore diet let us explain it briefly, as there is much misinformation and pseudoscience surrounding it. The diet was originally developed by a German scientist in the 1800s. Derivations of this diet followed, such as the meat and hot water diet, with intentions of “curing” diseases like diabetes and chronic diarrhea. While well-intentioned, such diets never gained much traction until recently when an orthopedic surgeon named Shawn Baker decided to make it part of his brand. He wrote a book termed “T...

By Dr. Sean M. Wells, PT, DPT, OCS, ATC/L, CSCS, CNPT, Cert-DN

In the intricate tapestry of women's health, diet plays a pivotal role, influencing not just physical well-being but also the prevention of chronic diseases. As the saying goes, "You are what you eat," and for women, this adage holds profound significance particularly in midlife. We know protein intake plays an important role in maintaining the health status of older adults. However, few studies examine midlife protein intake in relation to healthy aging until now. Let's look at a recent study and outline how midlife protein consumption patterns can affect women's health and the prevention of chronic diseases.

The Study

The new study from he American Journal of Clinical Nutrition examines middle-aged women in the Nurses Health Study cohort. The researchers examined thousands of surveys collected from the women every four years and looked at how frequently people ate certain food types. The researchers focused on dietary ...