Did you know that zinc reduces inflammation, supports immune system function, and is crucial for your senses of taste and smell? We do Zinc 101 with Emily Ho, PhD, Director of the Linus Pauling Institute and a professor in the College of Public Health and Human Sciences at Oregon State University. GW and LPI is doing a series of podcasts on nutrition topics that will be featured in it's Diet and Optimum Health Conference, a free event offering the latest in nutrition research. Register today: lpiconference.org/

Dr. Ho’s work has helped drive dietary requirements and recommendations for micronutrients, such as zinc for communities with susceptibility to poor nutrition. Her research focuses on understanding the mechanisms by which nutrient status and healthy foods affect the initiation and/or progression of chronic disease.

As faculty and leader at Oregon State University, she has a strong commitment to engaging and facilitating multi-directional translational research projects with basic scientists, clinicians, policy-makers and communities, and involving experiential learning with students and postdoctoral researchers.

LPI is a world leader in the study of micronutrients, phytochemicals, and other dietary factors, and the role these compounds can play in promoting optimum health or preventing and treating disease. Major areas of research include approaches to combat aging, metabolic dysfunction, and neurodegenerative disease.

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Linus Pauling Institute

lpi.oregonstate.edu/

Linus Pauling Institute's Micronutrient Information Center

https://lpi.oregonstate.edu/mic

GW Integrative Medicine Programs

smhs.gwu.edu/integrative-medicine/

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Transcript

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/transcript-bonus-episode-why-zinc-matters-gw-office-of/?published=t

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This podcast features the song “Follow Your Dreams” (freemusicarchive.org/music/Scott_Ho…ur_Dreams_1918) by Scott Holmes, available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial (01https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) license.

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