Healthy Living & Nutrition: As We Age

Good nutrition is essential to maintain health. Learn how to eat well and meet the current recommendations regarding nutrients, vitamins and minerals.

Get helpful tips on eating well on a tight budget. Dr. Michi Yukawa, geriatric specialist, will utilize case studies and focus on potential interactions between food and medications. Of particular interest to many of us is the safety of commonly used herbal supplements and vitamins which we will dig into. And taking it a step further, we’ll hone in on the importance of being aware of interactions between herbal supplements and prescription medications. 

Michi Yukawa graduated from Brown University Medical school and completed her internal medicine residency at Brown University. She then obtained her master’s in public health from Harvard University. She completed her geriatric medicine fellowship at the University of Washington, and she became a research faculty there. She was recruited to UCSF to be is a medical educator and the medical director of the San Francisco VA medical center skilled nursing facility. She has been at the UCSF for 15 years and her clinical practice has been at a skilled nursing facility and inpatient geriatric consultation. She teaches UCSF medical students, residents and geriatric medicine fellows about geriatric medicine principles. Her research focus in the past has been in nutrition for older adults, and she continues to write about healthy nutrition in textbooks and online resources.  

The UCSF Division of Geriatrics aims to transform health care and optimize aging through clinical care, research and education. The goal is for everyone to receive person-centered medical care and for us to help our patients safely navigate the health care system, maintain dignity and independence and experience improved quality of life and well-being.