Applied Horticultural Research Webinar

Webinar Recording: Mushrooms for healthy diets – what’s new? ... with nutritionist and dietitian, Dr Flavia Fayet-Moore

Dr Flavia Fayet-Moore is a registered nutritionist, Accredited Practising Dietitian, board-certified Lifestyle Medicine Professional, and Honorary Associate of the University of Sydney. Flavia graduated from the University of Toronto with an Honours Bachelor of Science in Nutritional Sciences and obtained both her Master of Nutrition and Dietetics and PhD in nutrition from the University of Sydney.

Since completing her PhD, Flavia has focused her research and advocacy work on nutritional epidemiology, micronutrients, and bioactives; she used her findings to promote a food-first approach to address public health’s biggest problems, including Vitamin D deficiency, anaemia, and chronic disease.

Flavia is passionate about improving the health of Australians, especially among children and adolescents, through research and its translation. She is a member of the Nutrition Society of Australia, the Dietitian’s Association of Australia, and is a founding board member and fellow of the Australasian Society of Lifestyle Medicine.

The presentation includes:

• Overview of medicinal use of mushrooms - for the immune system, as an antibiotic, in healing wounds and for mental health

• Health effects in humans - what’s the evidence?

• What is unique in mushrooms that’s relevant and what it means - Ergosterol (and vitamin D), Chitin (prebiotic fibre), Ergothioneine

• Health effects with a focus on three - Vitamin D status, gut health and cancer

• Where do mushrooms fit within current recommendations?