Food for Thought: The Gut-Brain Connection: How food affects your brain
Description: Have you ever wondered if the food you are eating is affecting your brain? Can certain foods cause mental health issues such as depression, anxiety, and poor cognition, or can we use food to help fight these problems? Come learn the gut-brain connection, and how the foods you eat affect your brain.
Presenter Bio: Stacie Ellis, MS, RDN, LD, is the Registered Dietitian at the University of Texas at Arlington, where she provides nutrition consultations and education for the students and staff on campus. Stacie served as a consulting dietitian for Wellness Concepts, Health Fairs Direct, In House Physicians, Vitafive, Just Train (a celebrity personal trainer), and Texas Health and Texas General Hospitals. She has been interviewed with Women’s Health Magazine, The Oak Cliff Documentary, and Texas Metro News. She is currently a Doctoral Candidate in Nutrition with a minor in Kinesiology at Texas Woman's University. Her dissertation involves comparing a high-carbohydrate, low-fat diet to a low-carbohydrate, high-fat diet on performance in dancers. Stacie also completed the Certificate of Training in Adult Weight Management Program on June 4-6, 2015.
Wednesday, February 2, 2022 at 12:00pm to 1:00pm
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