Gut Health for Healthy Aging
An Aging Well Program
If your ideas about healthy eating are focused narrowly on protein, carbs and fat, you might be missing an important set of considerations. How are you feeding your gut microbiome? Modern diets low in whole plant-based foods and high in processing may be starving these important microbes and impacting our metabolic, immune, and psychological health. Dr. Chris Damman of UW’s gastroenterology department will provide us with information about the why, what and how of maintaining gut health as we age.
Speakers
Christopher J. Damman, MD, MA
Christopher J. Damman, MD, MA, is physician faculty in general gastroenterology and microbiome sciences and a gastroenterologist at the Digestive Health Center at UWMC. Formerly, he was the functional food and microbiome lead at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Dr. Damman is editor-in-chief of Gut Bites MD.