Dietitian Course: The Role of Supplements in Your Diet

THE ROLE OF SUPPLEMENTS IN YOUR DIET

In the current environment, the question of taking supplements to boost health has erupted. Our patients, and many providers, are confused over what is beneficial or necessary. In this one hour webinar, we will discuss the hottest questions about taking supplements to boost the immune system (or not), and answer the questions your patients have been asking about staying healthy and improving overall well-being. We will review the research on taking supplements, recommendations for supplements in diet patterns. Do supplements boost health or are an unnecessary expense?

Upon successful completion of this one-hour course, the participant should be able to:

Discuss the benefits, or lack of benefits, that various dietary supplements may offer.

Understand the research behind some common supplements.

Understand the relationship and missing links between supplements and immunity, disease and overall health.

Be able to discuss supplements with patients and other health providers.

Be able to help patients integrate supplements into a diet that may be lacking in nutrition.

Live Event Date: Mar 10, 2022

Expiration Date: May 31, 2024

Performance Indicators/Learning Objectives: 3.1.6, 4.2.5, 6.2.3, 10.2.5

Target Audience: RDs, DTRs, Health Professionals

Number of Credits: 1.0

Level(s): 1, 2

Total Cost: 1 Site Credit

About the Presenter: Holly Herrington, MS, RD, LDN, CDCES

Holly Herrington MS, RD, LDN, CDCES has been a Registered Dietitian for 8 years and is in her third year as a Certified Diabetes Educator. Holly has served as clinical dietitian in the Center for Lifestyle Medicine at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago for seven years. While there, Holly co-authored textbook chapters on nutrition for bariatric surgery and weight regain following bariatric surgery. She has been a guest lecturer and presenter at the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS), The Obesity Society (TOS) and a faculty speaker at the Obesity Summit 2015.

Holly received undergraduate degrees in Marketing and Human Sciences from Mississippi State University as well as a degree in Dietetics and Nutrition from the University of Mississippi. Holly completed her dietetic internship and master's degree in Clinical Nutrition from Rush University Medical Center in Chicago. She worked as both an inpatient and outpatient dietitian at Rush before joining Northwestern in 2009. She is certified in Adult Weight Management, levels 1 and 2.

Holly has been a requested expert for media outlets including FOX News Chicago and ABC7 Chicago, and has been featured in US News and World Report, Men's Health and the Chicago Tribune. Her clinical interests include weight loss/bariatric surgery, diabetes management, cardiovascular health, gastrointestinal health and prenatal nutrition.

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