From a summer forest in Denmark: 🍄 Big boy (a family of dryad's saddle mushrooms) 🍄 Odd-looking boy (possibly a young stinkhorn) #FungiFriends #mycology #MushroomMonday

🧪🍎📃 Nice article discussing ways to visualize both health and environmental impacts of various food groups. The authors propose a matrix chart showing health effects and carbon footprints for 30 food. The dataset is freely available in Supplementary Materials. www.frontiersin.org/journals/nut...

My late submission to #TidyTuesday, week 5. I couldn’t resist making this 📊, as I’m planning my first garden this year. And since I’m ambitious (or delusional?), my plan is to grow more than 20 plants! I summarized the requirements for some of them. #vegetablegarden #greenheart #gardening

🧪🍎📃 Nutrition discourse often focuses on protein. Fiber is important too, but rarely talked about. Here is an “oldish” paper showing a dose-dependent association between fiber intake (from cereals, fruits, and vegetables) and a lower risk of cardiovascular disease. 🔗 www.bmj.com/content/347/...

🧪🍎📃 I stumbled across this article about alternative protein sources. Many of them I had never heard of before. It mentioned: -winged beans -grasspea -lupins -Bambara groundnut Also, duckweed species can have protein contents of up to 43% (dry matter) and provide all essential amino acids.

🍄📸🧪 I was cloning a wood ear mushroom that I foraged recently. One of my plates was contaminated, so I let it grow. Then I thought I should definitely photograph it against a lamp and share it here. Perfect for @contamclub.bsky.social The red/pink pigment is likely produced by Fusarium mold.

🧪🍎📃 In this US study, people with a college degree were more likely to consider or choose plant-based burgers than those without a degree. But when the prices of plant-based options were lowered, consumers without a college degree became more inclined to buy them. www.pnas.org/doi/epdf/10....

🧪🍎📃 Very cool new study & great datasets. The authors compared the nutritional composition and density of plant-based meat alternatives vs. meat. They write: plant-based meat is equally nutrient-dense as animal meat and legumes. Heatmap with more details ⤵️ www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

🧪🍎📃 Vitamin B12 is a rather unique vitamin. Only certain bacteria and archaea can make it, not plants or animals. Animals require B12 and can obtain and store it, which is why meat and fish are well-known sources for humans. But what about non-animal foods? Can they provide any B12 at all?🧵⤵️

🍄📸 Having a fun(gi) time here in Denmark! 🍄📸 Spotted some interesting fellas in a local forest 😍 #mycology #mushrooms #fungifriends #nature

🧪🍎📃 It only took me 500 years to finish this 📊, but here it is 🎉 Grocery shops in many wealthy countries are oversupplied with animal-based foods. They stock far more meat and dairy than we need for human and planetary health. 🔗 www.lumipie.com/data-vis/pla...

🧪🍎📃 In South Africa, when people move to cities, their diets become similar to a “Western” one, with more energy-dense foods, animal protein, and fat. This shift changes the diversity of gut microbes, increasing bacteria previously linked to higher colorectal cancer risk. doi.org/10.1038/s414...

🧪🍎📃 Important new study: Animal products, especially beef, pose much higher extinction risks for wildlife than grains, legumes, or vegetables. This means shifting land use toward more plant-based diets can give greater opportunities to restore biodiversity and help save species from extinction.

🧪🍎📃 Even with a genetic predisposition, not everyone will develop dementia. Various factors play a role. This study suggests that people who are APOE4 homozygotes, the group at highest genetic risk, may benefit the most from following a Mediterranean diet. doi.org/10.1038/s41591-025-03891-5

New #dataviz art in my home office! Furry colleagues seem pleased. Or maybe not? 😀 #map #DogsOfBluesky #corgi #art

🧪 Satiety differs between girls and boys ⤵️

BenState@baney84.bsky.social · 12mo ago

So happy to have helped on this project as we explored food form in Nutritional Science as it relates to eating behavior! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 🍎 📃 #nutrition #behavier #science

🧪 Amazing study describing a workflow that will help us better understand the lipid biology of mammalian cells. Check out this very informative 🧵⤵️

André Nadler@nadlerlab.bsky.social · last yr.

Out today in @nature.com: Together with the Honigmann, Shevchenko, Drobot and Hof labs, we present a general workflow for imaging the localization and transport of individual lipids in cells and mapping their metabolism. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

🧪🍎📃 Plant vs. animal protein for muscle health: ✔️ Slightly lower muscle mass with non-soy plant protein compared to milk protein, but not with soy ✔️ No difference in muscular strength or physical performance No wonder there are elite athletes who are vegan. 🔗doi: 10.1093/nutrit/nuae200

🧪🍎📃  Short-chain fatty acids are not the only metabolites produced by gut microbes fermenting dietary fiber. Other bioactive molecules such as amino acids and B vitamins can be produced too. Understanding their effects may help explain why people respond differently to fiber. PMID: 38991905

🧪🍎📃 My recent work: I transformed a table from a publication into an interactive chart on the web. This 📊 illustrates the Planetary Health Diet designed by the EAT-Lancet Commission (PMID: 30660336). 🔗chart: lumipie.com/data-vis/pla...

🧪🍎📃 Would making healthy foods a bit cheaper and placing them in better spots in supermarkets help people buy fewer ultra-processed foods? This study showed that it didn’t. Perhaps limiting the promotion of ultra-processed foods is a better strategy? https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2024.107599

🧪🍎📃 From a recent meta-analysis: Plant-based diets do not compromise muscular strength. So no disadvantage vs omnivores. 🔗 https://doi.org/10.1186/s40798-025-00852-7 Based on 7 randomized controlled trials:

🍎📃 #medsky

Prof Sam Illingworth@samillingworth.com · last yr.

🥦 Hospital meals failing health & planet A new study finds food in German hospitals & nursing homes is low in quality and high in environmental impact. Most calories come from meat and unhealthy plants, while legumes make up <1% of food by weight. 🔗 www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... #SciComm 🧪

🧪🍎📃 I’ve been learning React.js lately and made this 📊. It shows the protein & fiber content of processed foods commonly found in grocery stores. These nutrients are great for promoting satiety and may help reduce the risk of overeating (PMID: 35592279). Chart 🔗: www.lumipie.com/data-vis/fib...

In 1975, a fellow Cornell grad student gave a presentation of Burkitt's work at a brown bag lunch seminar. The faculty poo pooped it while munching on their balcony on white bread. I stopped eating white flour and never went back.

Clickbait at its finest! Not only are such headlines false and anxiety-inducing, but they also contribute to the destruction of the remaining trust people have in science 🧪🍎📃

CNN@cnn.com · last yr.

There is strong evidence that there is “no safe amount” of processed meat to eat, nutrition experts say in response to a new study on the connection between diet and the risk of major diseases: cnn.it/4lElYWx

Nice graphics showing how apolipoprotein M helps manage cholesterol in the eye and supports the retinal pigment epithelium 👇

Nature Portfolio@natureportfolio.nature.com · last yr.

Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a leading cause of blindness. A study in Nature Communications identifies a role for the protein apolipoprotein M in AMD that may present a therapeutic target. go.nature.com/40jhrAA #medsky 🧪

🧪🍎📃 💦Hydration might be a simple yet effective way to minimize the negative effects of sugar or salt. They can raise serum osmolality and trigger acute stress responses, e.g., a transient increase in blood pressure. Co-ingestion with water blunts this.

A study on the early metabolic effects of salt and fructose consumption: the protective role of water - Hypertension Research

Hypertension Research - A study on the early metabolic effects of salt and fructose consumption: the protective role of water

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Then, according to this doctor's logic, why do whales have menopause? 🧪

Rebecca Sear@rebeccasear.bsky.social · last yr.

“Historically, no one lived past age 35” "I’ve heard *so* many versions of this claim, including recently from a menopause doctor (implying menopause is not “natural” because noone lived long enough to go through it). Every time someone states this “fact,” a demographer loses a piece of their soul"

🧪🍎📃 Does eating ultra-processed foods CAUSES obesity? The authors of this paper used a statistical tool called 'E value' to show that the link between eating lots of processed foods and gaining weight could be explained by other factors, such as food insecurity. doi.org/10.1038/s41366-024-01566-8