Diet and Optimum Health is the biennial conference held by Oregon State University's Linus Pauling Institute (LPI). This conference focuses on the emerging roles of diet, dietary factors, and bioactives on human health and disease. LPI strives to make each meeting a stimulating event with state-of-the-art science that is of interest to all attendees.
2021 would have marked the Institute's 11th international conference. Due to ongoing restrictions on large events, Diet and Optimum Health will be delivered virtually as a series of online webinars. As we are in the midst of celebrating our 25th year of the Linus Pauling Institute coming to Oregon State University, the Institute is making this webinar series free to all registrants.
November's Session: Dietary Factors for a Healthy Immune System
For centuries, there has been a clear relationship between dietary inadequacies and a dysfunctional immune system. However, the ways that individual dietary components – or combinations or dietary factors – contribute to these effects are still poorly understood. Also, can dietary factors strengthen the immune system? Or are all these observed effects due to the resolution of dietary inadequacies?
Session Topics:
Vitamin D and COVID-19
Presented by: Adrian Martineau
Nutrition and Micronutrient Therapy in the Critically Ill
Presented by: Mette M. Berger
What is the Role of Omega-3 Fatty Acids in Controlling Inflammation and Promoting an Optimal Immune Response?
Presented by: Philip Calder
Nutrition and the Aging Immune System
Presented by: Simin Meydani