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H e althy Ro o ts Pilo t Stud y

Re sults

FIRST NA T IO NS FO O D NUT RIT IO N A ND ENVIRO NMENT FO RUM

KEL L Y G O RDO N, RD SI X NAT I O NS HEAL T H SERVI C ES NO V 6, 2019

Ho w the researc h pro jec t c ame to life:

T he study de sign

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Partic ipants re c ruite d into the Canadian Allianc e fo r He althy He arts and Minds

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Pro spe c tive , pan-Canadian study o f Canadians de signe d to unc o ve r e arly c ause s o f stro ke and de me ntia

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• r 3 mo nths, partic ipants e nte ring the He althy Ro o ts Re se arc h Study we re

aske d to e at and go abo ut life as usual, afte r whic h time , the y we re to be gin the pro gram

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T he 3-mo nth “pre -study” pe rio d was a c o mparato r against whic h the ir pro gre ss during He althy Ro o ts was asse sse d

T he stud y d e sig n

“Co ntro l” Pe rio d “He a lthy Ro o ts” Pe rio d

≈ 3 mo nths

3 mo nths

Blo o d Urine Sto o l Fo o d d ia ry MRI He a lth Q’ s Blo o d Urine Sto o l Fo o d d ia ry MRI He a lth Q’ s Blo o d Urine Sto o l Fo o d d ia ry MRI He a lth Q’ s

Healthy Ro o ts: Who

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We re c ruite d 22 partic ipants fro m the 6 Natio ns c o mmunity

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also e nro lle d in the Canadian Allianc e fo r H e althy H e arts and Minds

He a lthy Ro o ts Fo o d L ist

Healthy Ro o ts fo o d baskets:

Wha t c ha ng e d d uring He a lthy Ro o ts?

AS NUT RI E NT S…

T he He althy Ro o ts diet…

uWas higherin pro te in and po lyunsaturate d

fats

uWas lowerin re fine d c arbo hydrate (sugar

and starc h)

uWas lowerin saturate d and trans fats uWas higherin po tassium uWas lowerin so dium

Physic a l c ha ng e s

T HI NGS T HAT WE COUL D SE E

Bo dy we ig ht

• 12
• 10
• 8
• 6
• 4
• 2

2 4 6

kg Pre -Study Po st-Study

• 2.6 kg (5.2 lb)

(2.6% lo ss)

• 15
• 10
• 5

5

c m

Waist c irc umferenc e

Pre -Study Po st-Study

• 5.3 c m (2.1 in)

(4.8% lo ss)

Bo dy Circ umfe re nc e s

• 6
• 5
• 4
• 3
• 2
• 1

c m Arm Che st Ne c k T high Calf Waist Hip

• 16.5 c m (6.4 in)

(3.2% lo ss)

• 4.1 c m
• 0.9 c m
• 0.8 c m
• 0.9 c m
• 1.8 c m
• 5.3 c m
• 2.7 c m

On he althy r

• ots, we ight was lost fr
• m many ar

e as of the body

• I

nc luding be lly fat, whic h is the mo st harmful to he alth

Physio lo g ic a l c ha ng e s

T HI NGS I NSI DE T HAT WE CAN’ T SE E OR F E E L

• 14
• 12
• 10
• 8
• 6
• 4
• 2

2 4 6 VOLUME (ML)

Visc e ral fat vo lume

Pre -Study Po st-Study

• 6.4 ml

(6.1% lo ss)

Most lost we ight whe r e it matte r s- fr

• m the be lly
• F

at aro und inte rnal o rgans raise s yo ur risk o f he art dise ase

• 35
• 30
• 25
• 20
• 15
• 10
• 5

5 10 H e patic F at F rac tio n (%)

Hepatic F at F rac tio n

Pre -Study Po st-Study

• 3.0% frac tio n

(22.8% lo ss)

Most lost we ight whe r e it matte r s- fr

• m the live r
• F

at aro und live r may c ause lo ng te rm pro ble ms

• 0.80%
• 0.70%
• 0.60%
• 0.50%
• 0.40%
• 0.30%
• 0.20%
• 0.10%

0.00% % glyc o slyate d

HbA1c

Pre -Study Po st-Study

• 0.30%

(6.3% fall)

T he ave r age blood sugar

• n He althy R
• ots was impr
• ve d
• L
• we r o ve r the 3 mo nths o f pro gram than be fo re it

Physio lo g ic a l c ha ng e s

WHAT HAPPE NE D T O T HE GUT BACT E RI A?

Mic ro bio me – Co mpo sitio n

On He althy R

• ots…
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he amo unt o f firmic ute s in yo ur gut de c re ase d

• T

he amo unt o f bac te ro ide te s inc re ase d

• T

he amo unt o f ac tino bac te ria de c re ase d

Mic ro bio me - Diversity

On He althy R

• ots…
• T

he varie ty o f type o f bac te ria in the gut inc re ase d

Results fro m o ur jo urney…

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F avo urable c hange s in me asure s o f bo dy size and adipo sity, favo urable c hange s in glyc e mic c o ntro l, impro ve me nt in se nse o f we ll-be ing and happine ss and no majo r ne gative gastro inte stinal sympto ms

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Addre sse s I ndige no us so c ial de te rminate s o f he alth: re c o nne c tio n to land, c ulture and ide ntity- re c lamatio n/ re vitalizatio n fo r I ndige no us pe o ple s

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I nc o rpo rate s a no n-die t/ we ight fo c us- statistic s se e m to fo c us o n die t/ we ight c hange , but the e ntire study fo c use s mo re o n bo dy, mind and spirit suppo rting we llbe ing- Our H aude no saune e fo o d is so muc h mo re than a physic al impac to r

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De mo nstrate s no ve l and/ o r sustainable partne rships and c o llabo ratio n- this c o mmunity-base d partic ipato ry re se arc h was drive n by o ur c o mmunity, lo ng standing re se arc h re latio nship but first time the que stio n was drive n by o ur c o mmunity