Dr. Richard Johnson is a practicing physician, clinical scientist, and world expert on sugar, especially fructose, and its role in health. In his presentation, he will discuss the connection between sugar intake and dementia.
Advance your career by improving your expertise in longevity, the fastest-growing trend in healthcare. Learn about the role of sugars, like fructose, in dementia to help your clients live longer, healthier lives.
The webinar is moderated by HealthyLongevity.guide Scientific Content Manager, Agnieszka Szmitkowska, Ph.D
Dr. Richard Johnson is a practicing physician and clinical scientist and a world expert on sugar, and especially fructose, and its role in health. His research has been largely supported by the National Institutes of Health. He is one of the most cited scientists in his field and has published more than 750 papers and lectured in over 45 countries.
He has authored three books on sugar and its health effects--The Sugar Fix with Timothy Gower in 2008 (Rodale); The Fat Switch in 2012 (Mercola.com), and his upcoming book, Nature Wants Us to Be Fat (BenBella publishing, 2022). His most recent book, Nature Wants Us to Be Fat, details his group's discovery of a switch that controls obesity and how it can be turned on and off. He is currently Professor of Medicine at the University of Colorado in Denver.