The Mediterranean diet and gut health: From research to recipes
About the webinar:
The Mediterranean diet has become one of the most popular and well-researched diets with a wide range of health benefits. New research now suggests that positive changes to the gut microbiome may contribute to improved outcomes related to cardiovascular disease, metabolic disorders, and aging. In our next episode of Dietitian to Dietitian, NBC’s Today Show nutrition and health expert Joy Bauer, Professor Hannah Holscher, PhD, RD and culinary nutrition expert and chef Abbie Gellman, MS, RD, CDN, discuss how the Mediterranean diet can impact the gut microbiome– as well as how to teach your clients and patients to eat this way. You won’t want to miss this fascinating discussion – based around research and recipes – pertaining to the Mediterranean eating style.
About the speakers:
Dr. Hannah Holscher is an Associate Professor of Nutrition in the Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition and a member of the Division of Nutritional Sciences, the Institute of Genomic Biology, the National Center for Supercomputing Applications, and the Personalized Nutrition Initiative at the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign. She completed postdoctoral training focused on the human microbiome, a Ph.D. in Nutritional Sciences, and a B.S. in Food Science and Human Nutrition at the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign. She is also a Registered Dietitian. Dr. Holscher’s laboratory uses clinical interventions and computational approaches to study the interactions of nutrition, the gastrointestinal microbiome, and health.
Chef Abbie Gellman, MS RD CDN is a spokesperson, recipe and product developer, educator, nationally recognized culinary nutrition expert, and Director of Teaching Kitchen and Culinary Medicine at St. Barnabas Hospital in New York City. She creates, produces, and hosts cooking and nutrition videos and works with a wide variety of food companies/brands, commodity boards, foodservice operators, health professionals, and private clients. She has three published cookbooks, all based on the Mediterranean Diet, and appears in local and regional broadcast media and contributes to many publications as both an expert and an author.Learn more about her at chefabbiegellman.com or throughout social media at @chefabbiegellman on Instagram, YouTube, Facebook and more.
About the host:
Joy Bauer, MS, RDN, CDN, one of America’s leading health authorities, is the nutrition and healthy lifestyle expert for NBC’s TODAY show. She also hosts her own Amazon Live weekly show, Health, Happiness, Joy, where she cooks up mouthwatering recipes, answers viewers’ questions in real-time, and shares her favorite products and kitchen hacks. In addition, Joy is the official nutritionist for the New York City Ballet, the creator of JoyBauer.com, and a #1 New York Times bestselling author with 14 bestsellers to her credit.
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US dietitians:Â 1.0 CE from CDR (CE for live webinar expired September 13th, 2024 and CE for webinar recording expires September 26th, 2026).
CPD/CEU hours are applicable for Australia and New Zealand dietitians. Check your local country requirements to see if you can claim for continuing education.Â
Webinar Slides:
| Continuing Education (USA) | |
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| Duration | 1 hour |
| CPEUs Awarded | 1.0 |
| Performance Indicators | 8.1.4, 8.2.2, 8.5.1 |