How diet influences your health is topic at next Tahoe Center talk

Submitted by paula on Sat, 05/30/2015 - 9:02pm
Event Date: 
June 11, 2015 - 5:30pm

UC Davis Tahoe Environmental Research Center invites the community to join guest speaker Dr. Carolyn Slupsky of the UC Davis Departments of Nutrition and Food Science & Technology for a presentation that will begin at 6 p.m. on Thursday, June 11 at the Tahoe Science Center in Incline Village, Nev.

Diet can have considerable effects on the gut microbiome and overall metabolism, and its quality has been linked with overall health. Indeed, a diet high in refined sugars and fat has been linked with metabolic syndrome, cardiovascular disease, and other health conditions. Dr. Slupsky will describe how diet can impact the gut microbiome, and how the microbes in our gut can influence our health.

Dr. Carolyn Slupsky is a Professor in the Departments of Nutrition and Food Science & Technology at the University of California, Davis. Her research focuses on understanding the link between food, the gut microbiome, and health.

The program will begin at 6 p.m. with refreshments and no-host bar from 5:30 - 6 p.m. at 291 Country Club Drive in Incline Village (between Tahoe Boulevard/SR 28 and Lakeshore Blvd.) on the campus of Sierra Nevada College.

For more information or directions call 775-881-7566, or visit http://tahoe.ucdavis.edu/events/.