The Hoff Crab is neither a crab nor is it David Hasselhoff. It is a Yeti Crab, which is neither a Yeti nor a Crab but a sub-group of Squat Lobsters, which are not lobsters, they're Anomurans, like Mole Crabs, which are neither moles, nor crabs.

The Newborn Vitamin K Shot: What Every Parent Needs to Know The vitamin K shot at birth is a lifesaving intervention, but more parents are refusing it—with deadly consequences. publichealth.jhu.edu/2026/why-new...

Why Newborns Need Vitamin K | Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

The vitamin K shot at birth is a lifesaving intervention, but more parents are refusing it—with deadly consequences.

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In Martha Stewart, CLF’s @andrewtl.bsky.social Andrew Thorne‑Lyman explains that eating a variety of sustainably sourced seafood provides omega‑3s to support heart and brain health. www.marthastewart.com/healthiest-f...

The No. 1 Fish to Eat for Better Health, According to Nutrition Experts

Nutrition experts explain that the healthiest fish to eat is salmon, due to its omega-3 fatty acids, protein, and other macronutrients. Other cold-water fatty fish, including sardines, mackerel, ancho...

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Seafood is “the only natural source of long-chain omega-3 fatty acids” which are crucial for brain and heart health and difficult for the body to synthesize efficiently from plant sources, says CLF’s @andrewtl.bsky.social publichealth.jhu.edu/2026/america... @johnshopkinssph.bsky.social

America’s Protein Obsession, Explained | Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Most Americans get plenty of protein—but under-consume other important nutrients.

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In a new Op-Ed in @thehill.com , CLF’s Daphene Altema-Johnson, @andrewtl.bsky.social & @ptand.bsky.social discuss how the 2025 Dietary Guidelines promote more meat & dairy—but what Americans really need is more fiber, which comes from foods like legumes. thehill.com/opinion/heal...

We think dietary fiber was neglected in the latest dietary guidelines. Here is our take: www.washingtonpost.com/ripple/

Having no plant-based options at schools can mean going hungry — especially for students who rely on free school meals. Time to pass this bill to protect student health & tackle hunger! Take action: Text FUTURE to 30373. @velazquez.house.gov @adams.house.gov @schiff.senate.gov

💬 Viewpoint: The 2025-2030 Dietary Guidelines for Americans weakened evidence-based recommendations for plant-predominant diets, potentially impacting efforts to reduce #cardiovascular disease, #diabetes, and #obesity. ja.ma/4k7Dumz

America does not have a protein deficiency problem: it has a fiber problem. Sharing our commentary on the new dietary guidelines just published in The Hill. thehill.com/opinion/heal... @ptand.bsky.social @livablefuture.bsky.social @soiltosociety.bsky.social @thehill.com

I really wish Stephen Jay Gould was still alive. why did the NICE non-bigoted and world famous evolutionary biologist of that generation have to die so young

Faine Greenwood@faineg.com · 9mo ago

I do very much wish we still had Stephen Jay Gould. Pretty sure he’d be great right now.

Ahead of the 1st shutdown of US food aid to hungry Americans in 60 years, some of the 200,000 Little Free Library locations are converting into food pantries. Thanks @littlefreelibrary.bsky.social

Bad crows, bad crows whatcha gonna do? Whatcha gonna do when they come for you?

Opinion | Attack of the clever crows

What we can learn from the fish crows’ assault on our outdoor cushions.

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Just created a starter pack to follow researchers and colleagues from the Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future @livablefuture.bsky.social go.bsky.app/DKg6WCH

Join The Culinary Institute of America's Menus of Change featuring @aspenfood.bsky.social Food Leaders Fellows: Anne McBride (The James Beard Foundation) Tariq Sheriff (DC food policy innovator) Rebecca Chesney (regenerative food systems expert) Watch: menusofchange.org/webcast #MenusOfChange

CLF will watch closely to see what the #MAHA Commission includes in their first report. Here’s what we will look for when the 2025-2030 dietary guidelines are released. clf.jhsph.edu/viewpoints/d... #PublicHealth

Just created a starter pack to follow researchers and colleagues from the Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future @livablefuture.bsky.social go.bsky.app/DKg6WCH

Every food (and food trend) has a story. I went looking for pistachio’s, with @tomphilpott.bsky.social @grocerynerd.bsky.social and baker Lena Derisavifard as my guides

FoodPrint@foodprintorg.bsky.social · 2y ago

On our new podcast episode, we explore a small but mighty food that seems to be everywhere lately — pistachios. How did pistachios — once mostly eaten by Middle Eastern Americans but stuck on the sidelines with everyone else — hit the mainstream? Listen to the episode: foodprint.org/what-youre-e...

Curious about pistachios and their environmental footprint? Please join this discussion at noon with my friend and colleague @tomphilpott.bsky.social from @livablefuture.bsky.social and bring all your burning questions about pistachios!

Tom Philpott@tomphilpott.bsky.social · 2y ago

Happening in 2 hours!

Rising Temperatures Are Scrambling the Base of the Ocean Food Web buff.ly/ezNO1AW 🦑🌎🧪

Rising Temperatures Are Scrambling the Base of the Ocean Food Web

Scientists are gaining new insights into how plankton supports life on Earth — just as climate change is changing everything.

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I'll be participating in a webinar about balanced energy protein supplementation in pregnancy tomorrow organized by @edesianutrition.bsky.social Please join us! 📅 13th February ⏰ 9:00–10:15 AM EST 🔗 Register: lnkd.in/euC3ibv8

Happy World Pulses Day everyone! Work some beans into your diets today!

Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future @livablefuture.bsky.social · 2y ago

We are excited to celebrate #WorldPulsesDay with @meatlessmonday.bsky.social !CLF's Daphene Altema-Johnson tells us about her favorite bean and why you should consume more beans. #CLFExpert

Please follow @soiltosociety.bsky.social, a project bringing together nutritionists, crop and soil scientists, food scientists, economists and other discipines to create more nutritious, affordable and accessible whole-grain based foods. www.soiltosociety.org

Soil to Society: Optimizing Health and Nutrition

The Soil to Society (S2S) project is in funded through the USDA's Agriculture and Food Research Initiative's (AFRI) Sustainable Agriculture Systems (SAS) program. This 5-year, $10 million project emp...

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“While our system is stunningly efficient at producing cheap milk, meat and eggs, it also has a well-documented relationship to serious public & planetary health issues." - @keevenachman.bsky.social #CLFExpert clf.jhsph.edu/viewpoints/s...

Sorry, but we need a transformation of agriculture

CLF researchers push back on a guest essay by Michael Grunwald.

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Nice to see coverage of the dietary guidelines committee's great work. The big question now is how to get Americans to eat more whole grains and beans. We'll be publishing a lot of papers on that in 2025 stay tuned... www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

U.S. dietary guidelines should emphasize beans and lentils as protein, new proposal says

The report, from an advisory committee to the USDA, also suggests encouraging people to reduce their intake of sugary drinks and sodium and eat more whole grains.

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#nutrition nerds 🤓 ‼️ The scientific report of the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee is live (this is the scientific report used to craft the Dietary Guidelines for Americans) Big focus this edition on chronic disease & life-stage specific recs, with a health equity lens DietaryGuidelines.gov

“NIH produces an astounding return on investment to the American taxpayer. In Fiscal Year 2022, NIH research funding supported 568,585 jobs and generated $96.84 billion in economic activity — that’s $2.64 of economic activity for every $1 of research funding.” www.researchamerica.org/2023-oped-us...

Catherine Rampell@crampell.bsky.social · 2y ago

Research supported by NIH has led more than 100 Nobel Prizes and has supported more than 99% of drugs approved by federal regulators from 2010 to 2019. But come January, NIH may face a wrecking ball nytimes.com/2024/12/01/h...

This was a fascinating meeting on UPF policies and I was happy to present some preliminary results of our ongoing RCT on mechanisms by which diets high in UPFs cause excess energy intake. Here’s a brief summary 🧵

Kevin Hall@kevinh-phd.bsky.social · 2y ago

I've arrived in London and I'm looking forward to this meeting tomorrow @imperialcollege on ultra-processed foods! I'll be presenting preliminary data on the mechanisms that diets high in UPFs can cause excess calorie intake and weight gain, Register here: www.imperial.ac.uk/events/18424...

Outbreaks of H5N1 continue to rise in dairy cattle and poultry, as well as in other wild and domesticated animals, including the first confirmed infection in a pig. Human cases also continue to occur, primarily—but not exclusively—in people who had exposure to infected animals.

H5N1 Bird Flu in Dairy Cows, Poultry, and Humans | Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

The latest on the virus’s spread, potential economic impacts, vaccine development, and how concerned the general public should be.

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With #Thanksgiving a few days away, seems a good time to re-run this on Bluesky: Food from rivers likely dominated the 1st Thanksgiving, including ducks and geese, oysters, & fish - particularly eels. And the corn had been fertilized with alewives... with recipes! www.forbes.com/sites/jeffop...

Giving Thanks For Rivers Of Food

Although Thanksgiving is associated with turkey, it is likely that food from rivers, including ducks and eels, provided much of the protein for the first Thanksgiving. This reflects the reality that, ...

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One of the big challenges to getting people to eat more whole grain/high fiber foods is that many don't like the texture. These scientists came up with an interesting food technology solution. news.ku.dk/all_news/202...

Researchers eliminate the gritty mouth feel: How to make it easier to eat fiber-rich foods

Fiber is something that most of us get far too little of. To change that, we need to actually enjoy eating it. Food researchers from the University of Copenhagen have now invented a "disguise" that so...

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