Grant: CIHR Café Scientifique Program

Café Scientifique #1 - Local Diet: Nutrition and Fresh, Local Ingredients Mid October 2010 This Cafe will inspire discussion around the popular health topic of eating locally and how to maintain your nutrition while being environmentally responsible. Professionals will give an introduction to the topic and discuss their current research, while exploring popular myths, facts, and ways to meet nutritional requirements at the same time as remaining environmentally responsible and promoting the local economy and resources. This Cafe will create discussion between Waterloo Regional professionals and community members to answer questions on the nutritional value of local food verses imported food and how to meet nutritional requirements. Café Scientifique #2 - Your Body: Natural Alternatives Mid April 2011 This Café Scientifique will inspire discussion between the community and professionals regarding natural alternatives to medicine. This topic is designed to give the public an opportunity to interact with a professional in the field of alternative medicine. An introduction will be given as to what alternative medicine is and address popular myths and current research. Through this presentation the community will engage in conversation designed to introduce alternative medicine and those who practice/study its methods and results. Topics such as the effectiveness and safety of alternative medicine, herbal medications, how to know what your body needs and how to identify and find alternative medication may be a component of the discussion.