KINGSBROOK CONFERENCE ON NUTRITIONAL AND METABOLIC
ASPECTSOF LOW CARBOHYDRATE DIETS

JUNE 18-19, 2004 • BROOKLYN MARRIOTT HOTEL
PROGRAM
DAY 1
I. INTRODUCTION AND CURRENT STATE OF LCD IN OBESITY
Richard D. Feinman, session chair.
9:00 Richard D. Feinman - Introduction
9:10 Eric C. Westman, M.D. (Duke University, Durham, NC).
Weight reduction and clinical aspects of a low carbohydrate diet program. Abstract
9:35 Eugene J. Fine, M.D. and Richard D. Feinman, Ph.D. (SUNY , Brooklyn, NY).
Thermodynamics of Weight Loss Diets. Abstract
10:00 Richard W. Hanson, Ph.D. (Case Western Reserve, Cleveland, OH).
The Metabolic connection. Abstract
10:25
COFFEE BREAK
10:55 George F. Cahill, Jr., M.D. (Harvard University Medical School, Cambridge, MA).
Implications of Ketosis. Abstract
11:20 Penelope Greene (Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA).
Methodology in Studies of Diet Composition.
11:45 C. J. Segal-Isaacson, Ph.D. (Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY).
The CCARB Study At the One Year Timepoint. Abstract
12:15 Round Table Discussion of Morning papers
BUFFET LUNCH / POSTERS
II. EXERCISE PHYSIOLOGY AND CLINICAL ASPECTS.
Eric C. Westman, session chair.
1:30 Eric C. Westman – Introduction
1:40 Jeff S. Volek , Ph.D. (University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT) .
Body composition and hormonal responses to a carbohydrate-restricted diet. Abstract
2:05 Sandra Peters, Ph.D. (Brock University, St. Catherine’s, Ontario).
Control of Metabolism by Diet and Exercise. Abstract
2:30 Stephen Phinney, M.D., Ph. D. (University of California, Davis, CA).
Ketoadaptation and Physical Performance
2:55
 COFFEE BREAK
3:30 Richard Veech, M.D., D.Phil. (NIH, Bethesda MD)
Metabolic Control Analysis in Defining the Phenotype of Disease. Abstract
3:55 Thomas N. Seyfried, Ph.D. (Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA).
Diet and Epilepsy. Abstract
4:20 Eric Freedland, MD. (Boston, MA).
Role of visceral abdominal fat in Metabolic syndrome. Abstract
4:45
 ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION
DAY 2
III. LIPIDS AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE.
Jeff S. Volek, session chair.
9:00 Jeff S. Volek – Introduction
9:10 Daniel T. Stein, M.D. (Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY).
Lipid-Carbohydrate Interaction in Insulin Secretion: Is There A Human Paradox?
9:35 Jeff S. Volek, Ph.D. (University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT).
A ketogenic diet favorably affects serum biomarkers for cardiovascular disease. Abstract
10:00 Robert R. Wolfe, Ph.D. (University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX).
Relationships Between Glucose and Fatty Acid Metabolism in Human Subjects. Abstract
10:25
 COFFEE BREAK
10:55 William S. Yancy, Jr., M.D. (Duke University, Durham, NC)
Implications of Low Carbohydrate Diets for cardiovascular disease. Abstract
11:20

Khosrow Adeli, Ph.D. (University of Toronto. Toronto, Ontario).
Mechanisms of metabolic dyslipidemia in insulin resistant states. Abstract
12:05
 Round table Discussion of Morning papers.
BUFFET LUNCH / POSTERS
IV. CONTROL OF METABOLISM.
Donald K. Layman, session chair.
1:30 Donald K. Layman – Introduction
1:40 P. H. Bisschop, M.D. (Leiden University Medical Center, The Netherlands).
Dietary regulation of endogenous glucose metabolism. Abstract
2:05 Robert A. Harris, Ph.D. (Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN).
Regulation of branched-chain amino acid catabolism. Abstract
2:30 K.R. Westerterp, Ph. D. (Maastricht University, The Netherlands).
Diet induced thermogenesis. Abstract
2:55
 COFFEE BREAK
3:30 Leonard Jefferson, Ph. D. (Pennsylvania State School of Medicine. Hershey, PA).
Amino acids as regulators of gene expression.
3:55 Donald K. Layman, Ph.D. (University of Illinois. Urbana, IL).
The role of leucine in weight loss diets and glucose homeostasis. Abstract
4:20 Frank Q. Nuttall, M.D., Ph.D. & Mary C. Gannon, Ph. D. (University of Minnesota. Minneapolis, MN).
Metabolic Response of Diabetics to High-Protein Diet. Abstract
4:45
 Round table Discussion.