Gut Health and Diet: Fact Versus Fiction

Talks on Tuesdays: Real lectures in your favourite venues. 45-min&A with Alexandra Mack & Sarah Melton
About this Event

Talks on Tuesdays is a live event series bringing big ideas, real experts, and curious minds together - at your favourite local venues. Think thought-provoking lectures, audience questions, and post-talk mingling over drinks and dinner.

This isn’t a uni lecture. It’s a social, intelligent night out.Come alone or with friends, leave with something to talk about.

Event Schedule:

6.30pm Arrival & Doors Open

7pm Lecuture Starts

7.45pm Q&A

8pm Talk Concludes

8.30pm Event Closes.

*Please arrive close to 6.30pm

A La Carte menu and full bar available throughout the night - pay as you go.

Your Topic:

Gut Health and Diet: Fact Versus Fiction

From TikTok trends to wellness influencers, gut health advice is everywhere but how much of it is actually true? In this talk, a gastroenterologist and dietitian team up to unpack some of the most common myths and misconceptions.'

Drawing on current research (and pointing out where evidence is missing), they’ll explore how the gut works, common gut health issues and what really supports gut health, to help make sense of the constant stream of online nutrition claims.

Your Speaker:

Sarah Melton is an Accredited Practising Dietitian and Senior Gastroenterology Dietitian at Alfred Care Group, Bayside Health. She has just submitted her PhD with Monash University, investigating Exclusive Enteral Nutrition in Crohn's disease. Alongside this, she is co-founder and board member of GI DREAM, a registered health promotion charity dedicated to diet and gastrointestinal health.

Alex Mack is a consultant gastroenterologist at Bayside Health, Melbourne. She recently completed her PhD at the School of Translational Medicine, Monash University, examining mechanisms and therapies for persistent gastrointestinal symptoms, fatigue and anxiety/depression in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Her clinical and research interests include intestinal ultrasound, IBD and neurogastroenterology.

Agenda

🕑: 06:30 PM
Doors open and arrival
🕑: 07:00 PM
Speaker starts