‘Fighting Fire With Food: An Expert's Inside Look at Nutrition and Inflammation...What Does the Science Say?, Sept. 6

‘Fighting Fire With Food: An Expert's Inside Look at Nutrition and Inflammation...What Does the Science Say?,’ Subject of UA Arthritis Center Lecture, Sept. 6

Free and open to the public, the lecture by Ann Skulas-Ray, PhD, UA professor of nutritional sciences, will include detailed information about inflammation and where research is headed. At the conclusion of her lecture, she will be joined by fellow UA Professor Donato Romagnolo, MSc, PhD, for an epilogue on “The Mediterranean Diet and its Impact on Inflammation.” Both professors will host the question-and-answer session.

Contact: Tracy Shake, 520-626-6046, shake@arthritis.arizona.edu

Aug. 25, 2017

Inflammation affects all of us as we age. Painful joints in arthritis, artery-clogging plaques that can cause heart disease, damaged tissues that can become cancerous—excessive, chronic inflammation underlies each of them. This has led to widespread interest in dietary strategies, lifestyle choices and supplements that may reduce inflammation.

A free presentation, “Fighting Fire With Food: An Expert's Inside Look at Nutrition and Inflammation...What Does the Science Say?,” will be held Wednesday, Sept. 6, 6-7:15 p.m., at Banner – University Medical Center Tucson, DuVal Auditorium, 1501 N. Campbell Ave., Tucson.

Speaker Ann Skulas-Ray, PhD, assistant professor in the Department of Nutritional Sciences at the University of Arizona College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, will discuss inflammation, how it is measured and where research is headed. An expert in the field, Dr. Skulas-Ray will offer evidence-based advice on nutrition as a tool to curb excessive inflammation, while covering the facts, fads and fiction that surround this impactful topic. She also will discuss her current research on fish oil and sort through the facts and hype surrounding this popular “miracle supplement.”

At the conclusion of her lecture, Dr. Skulas-Ray will be joined by Donato Romagnolo, MSc, PhD, UA professor of nutritional and cancer biology, for an epilogue on “The Mediterranean Diet and its Impact on Inflammation.”

Both professors will host the question-and-answer session.