H e althy Ro o ts Pilo t Stud y Re sults FIRST NA T IO NS FO O D - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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 u Partic ipants re c ruite d into the Canadian Allianc e fo r He althy He arts and Minds u 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 u F o 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 u 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 Blo o d Blo o d Blo o d Urine Urine Urine Sto o l Sto o l Sto o l Fo o d d ia ry Fo o d d ia ry Fo o d d ia ry MRI MRI MRI He a lth Q’ s He a lth Q’ s He a lth Q’ s “Co ntro l” Pe rio d “He a lthy Ro o ts” Pe rio d ≈ 3 mo nths 3 mo nths

Healthy Ro o ts: Who u We re c ruite d 22 partic ipants fro m the 6 Natio ns c o mmunity u 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 AS d uring NUT RI E NT S… He a lthy Ro o ts?

T he He althy Ro o ts diet… u Was higher in pro te in and po lyunsaturate d fats u Was lower in re fine d c arbo hydrate (sugar and starc h) u Was lower in saturate d and trans fats u Was higher in po tassium u Was lower in so dium

T HI NGS Physic a l T HAT WE c ha ng e s COUL D SE E

Bo dy we ig ht 6 4 2 0 -2.6 kg (5.2 lb) -2 kg (2.6% lo ss) -4 -6 -8 -10 -12 Pre -Study Po st-Study

Waist c irc umferenc e 5 -5.3 c m (2.1 in) 0 (4.8% lo ss) c m -5 -10 -15 Pre -Study Po st-Study

Bo dy Circ umfe re nc e s -0.9 c m -0.8 c m -0.9 c m 0 -1 -2 -1.8 c m -16.5 c m (6.4 in) c m -3 -2.7 c m (3.2% lo ss) -4 -4.1 c m -5 -5.3 c m -6 Arm Che st Ne c k T high Calf Waist Hip On he althy r oots, we ight was lost fr om many ar e as of the body • I nc luding be lly fat, whic h is the mo st harmful to he alth

T HI NGS I NSI DE Physio lo g ic a l T HAT WE CAN’ T c ha ng e s SE E OR F E E L

Visc e ral fat vo lume 6 4 2 0 VOLUME (ML) -2 -6.4 ml -4 (6.1% lo ss) -6 -8 -10 -12 -14 Pre -Study Po st-Study Most lost we ight whe r e it matte r s- fr om the be lly • F at aro und inte rnal o rgans raise s yo ur risk o f he art dise ase

Hepatic F at F rac tio n 10 5 rac tio n (%) 0 -3.0% frac tio n -5 (22.8% lo ss) -10 at F -15 Most lost we ight whe r e it matte r s- fr om the live r e patic F • F -20 at aro und live r may c ause lo ng te rm pro ble ms -25 H -30 -35 Pre -Study Po st-Study

HbA1c 0.00% -0.10% -0.30% -0.20% (6.3% fall) % glyc o slyate d -0.30% -0.40% T he ave r age blood sugar on He althy R oots was impr ove d -0.50% • L o we r o ve r the 3 mo nths o f pro gram than be fo re it -0.60% -0.70% -0.80% Pre -Study Po st-Study

WHAT HAPPE NE D Physio lo g ic a l c ha ng e s T O T HE GUT BACT E RI A?

Mic ro bio me – Co mpo sitio n On He althy R oots… • T 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 oots… • 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… F avo urable c hange s in me asure s o f bo dy size and adipo sity, favo urable u 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 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, u c ulture and ide ntity- re c lamatio n/ re vitalizatio n fo r I ndige no us pe o ple s 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 u 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 De mo nstrate s no ve l and/ o r sustainable partne rships and c o llabo ratio n- this u 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