2024 Spring Symposium Recorded Session: The Fiber Effect: Exploring the Link Between Fiber Intake, Gut Health, and Chronic Disease Risk Reduction

Have you ever considered how population health might change if the majority of Americans met the recommended intake of fiber? Fiber is an impactful nutrient that has been inversely associated with chronic disease risk factors, and emerging evidence suggests how this link may be facilitated through mechanisms in the gut microbiome.

Avocados may be beloved for their good fats, but they are also a good source of fiber. Using avocados as a case study, this presentation discusses what we know about the connection between fiber intake, chronic disease prevalence, and the gut microbiome and how we can reframe our counsel to clients in a way that makes fiber recommendations both accessible and attainable.

Learning Objectives

After completing this activity, nutrition professionals will better be able to:

  1. Interpret current research on the association of dietary fiber on chronic disease risk.
  2. Review emerging evidence suggesting how the inverse association of fiber on chronic disease risk may be facilitated through mechanisms in the gut microbiome.
  3. Define the nutritional attributes of fiber that make certain foods, such as fresh avocados, beneficial for gut health.
  4. Apply actionable tips to enhance fiber recommendations for clients to help improve health outcomes.

Additional Information

Suggested CDR Performance Indicators: 
2.1.3, 8.2.1, 12.1.1
CDR Activity Type: 
741
CPE Level: 
2
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.00 CDR
Course opens: 
07/17/2024
Course expires: 
07/02/2027
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Amanda Izquierdo, MPH, RD, LDN, is a Chicago-based registered dietitian with over eight years of experience in strategic marketing communications across food and healthcare. She is currently the Public Relations and Advertising Manager of the Hass Avocado Board (HAB), where she develops and executes promotion programs to communicate the unique health benefits and versatility of Hass avocados to consumers, health professionals, and media and industry audiences.

Amanda earned a Master of Public Health in Nutritional Sciences from the University of Michigan and completed her clinical training at Edward Hines, Jr. VA Hospital. She is passionate about communicating nutrition science effectively to help reduce diet-related chronic disease, and her health and nutrition tips have been featured in InStyle, HuffPost, and Business Insider.

Ella Bauer, PhD, was involved in clinical laboratory work and direct patient care in a hospital in her early career. Working closely with patients—most of whom were living with diet-related chronic conditions—inspired her interest in the mechanisms of how diet could prevent, delay, or treat these diseases. As such, Dr. Bauer received her PhD in Nutrition and Neuroscience from Iowa State University. Her doctoral work focused on the impact of lifestyle factors (such as diet, exercise, and stress) on the neurochemical drivers of gut-brain communication that underlies chronic disease.

 Dr. Bauer is currently the Nutrition Research Manager at the Hass Avocado Board’s Avocado Nutrition Center (ANC). She continues to use her passion for preventing chronic diseases by uncovering the potential health benefits of avocado consumption. Dr. Bauer supports the growth of the ANC’s nutrition research strategy, which commits funding to weight management, type 2 diabetes, cardiometabolic health, cognition, gut health, diet quality, and exploratory research. She is keenly interested in the gut microbiome-dependent physiological responses from avocado consumption and the impact of avocado consumption on brain function.

Disclosures:

Amanda Izquierdo, MPH, RD, LDN, has the following relevant disclosures to report: she is an employee of Hass Avocado Board.

Ella Bauer, PhD, has the following relevant disclosures to report: she is an employee of Hass Avocado Board.

Funding from non-CPE revenue for CPE planning, development, review, and/or presentation has been provided by Avocados – Love One Today.®  The responsible provider for this activity is Avocados - Love One Today.® 

The Fiber Effect​: Exploring the Link Between Fiber Intake, Gut Health, and Chronic Disease Risk Reduction awards 1.0 CPEU in accordance with the Commission on Dietetic Registration’s CPEU Prior Approval Program.

The responsible provider for this activity is Avocados – Love One Today.®

Funding from non-CPE revenue for CPE planning, development, review, and/or presentation has been provided by Avocados – Love One Today.®

 

Available Credit

  • 1.00 CDR

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