Environmental Toxicants and our Food: Therapeutic Dietary Interventions and Systemic Changes

This product is free for HEN DPG members.

This webinar was presented live on December 8, 2021.

In this presentation, Mary Purdy, MS, RDN, CD, will present research on the potential negative health effects of numerous environmental toxicants. She will provide useful strategies for minimizing exposure to external toxicants in our food supply and improving the channels of detoxification through realistic dietary and lifestyle modifications and therapeutic interventions. Additionally, she will examine the role of genetic variants and the potential use of supplementation to improve pathways. She will also discuss how our current food and agricultural system contribute to the presence of toxicants in our food supply and the ways that RDN's can advocate for systemic, institutional and individual changes to create a healthier and more equitable approach to growing, producing and accessing food that promotes wellness and supports the environment.

CPE Level: 2
CPEU: 1.25
Performance Indicators: 12.4.3, 8.1.1, 8.2.3

Learning Objectives

• Identify potential areas of exposure to toxicants in our environment and diet and their associated health risks.
• Implement dietary and lifestyle strategies for supporting detoxification organs and pathways and avoiding future exposure to toxins.
• Describe the role the current industrial food and agriculture system plays in contributing to health and environmental burden.

Speaker

Mary Purdy, MS, RDN, CD

Mary Purdy is an Integrative Eco-Dietitian with a Master's Degree from Bastyr University where she is currently adjunct faculty. She has been in clinical practice for over 12 years using a personalized medicine and functional nutrition approach and speaks regularly at health and nutrition conferences all over the country and lectures online on the intersection between sustainable food systems and human health. She serves on the boards of The Planetary Health Collective, as well as the Dietetic Practice Groups, Hunger and Environmental Nutrition, and Dietitians in Integrative and Functional Medicine which she chaired in 2018. She is the co-author/creator of the revised “Environmental Toxins, Exposure, and Elimination” Module of the Certificate of Training Program offered by The Academy Center for Lifelong Learning and co-authored the Diet Appendix for The Anti-Inflammatory Diet chapter for the 14th& 15th ed. of Krause's Food & The Nutrition Care Process. Additionally, she hosts the podcasts “The Nutrition Show” and "The Good Clean Nutrition Podcast" and authored the books “Serving the Broccoli Gods" and "The Microbiome Diet Reset." She is a trained Climate Reality Leader and a consultant working with organizations to create a sustainable and resilient food system that supports planetary health and helps to mitigate climate change.