While healthy dietary patterns benefit most people, genetics may help explain why individuals respond differently to the same dietary intervention. Check out our recent paper: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Genetic Modifiers of the Portfolio Diet Score and LDL Cholesterol in Young Adults

The Portfolio Diet has demonstrated clinically meaningful reductions in LDL-C concentrations. Variations in ABCA1, ABCG8, APOA5, ANGPTL3, and APOC1 ha…

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Do artificially sweetened beverages have a role to play for SSB reduction and weight management? New article in AJCN suggests replacing SSB with ASB may ⬇️ weight and BMI. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... The findings complement our review on naïve and bias-adjusted methods in APNM

New Perspective on PBMA in EJCN "Our overall advice given current evidence would be: for those who eat pulses and minimally processed plant-foods, maintain these practices; consider PBMA as an option to reduce meat consumption." 🌍 Share link👇 rdcu.be/e9TDJ @springernature.com

Food is medicine but support matters too!! Our new paper explores a community culinary program providing plant-based meals and nutrition education for those affected by cancer I ❤️ translating science into real-world care 🔗 mdpi.com/3762690 @amysymington.bsky.social @mdpiopenaccess.bsky.social

📢Change analysis in Harvard cohorts looking at diet pop Each +3 servings/wk in ASB intake was associated with −0.18kg weight change (CI: −0.26, −0.11) over 4yr intervals. While water is the ideal choice, ASB offer a solution for SSB consumers. 👇 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Artificially Sweetened Beverages and Weight Change: Findings from Three Prospective Cohort Studies of U.S. Adults

Whether habitually consuming artificially sweetened beverages (ASBs) or water in place of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) is associated with weight c…

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🍕 A JAMA study of 2,077 children found that higher intake of ultra-processed foods at age 3 was linked to greater behavioural problems, such as higher anxiety, aggression and hyperactivity, by age 5. 🔗 jamanetwork.com/jour... #HealthNews #ChildHealth #PublicHealth #Science

Higher intake of ultraprocessed foods at age 3 years was associated with more adverse behavioral and emotional symptoms by age 5 years, while replacing ultraprocessed with minimally processed foods was associated with better outcomes. ja.ma/408dBKi

New study: Kids 🧒 eating more ultra-processed foods 🌭🍕at age 3 showed higher rates of behavioral & emotional problems by age 5. The good news — replacing just 10% of UPFs with whole foods 🍒🥑was associated with better outcomes. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Ultraprocessed Food Consumption and Behavioral Outcomes in Canadian Children

This cohort study examines the associations between intake of ultraprocessed foods at age 3 years and behavioral outcomes at age 5 years among children in Canada.

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📢 New from @kozetamiliku.bsky.social lab: ⬆️ UPFs are associated with ⬆️ reported behavioural challenges in 🇨🇦 kids. Our findings are a starting point for more research on UPFs and child behaviour 🍽️ 🧠 🔗 jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... Thanks to Howard (Zheng) Chen & @childcohortstudy.bsky.social

Why do we wait until a T2D diagnosis threshold is reached? Prediabetes Remission Halves MI and HF Risk, The Lancet Study www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...

Prediabetes Remission Halves MI and HF Risk, Lancet Study

The study harmonized two landmark cohorts and compared outcomes by remission status, improving comparability and generalizability.

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The MAHA 2025-2030 Dietary Guidelines have arrived: Cheerful, Muddled, Contradictory, Ideological, Retro The new Dietary Guidelines  Eat the right amount for you: balance calories Prioritize protein foods at every meal: prioritize animal sources Consume dairy: prioritize full-fat Eat vegetables &…

A related, recent example of why this matters, btw: cdnsciencepub.com/doi/10.1139/...

Reconciling conflicting evidence on low- and no-calorie sweeteners and cardiometabolic outcomes: an umbrella review using naïve and bias-adjusted methods

Inconsistency among evidence syntheses has led to opposing guidelines and public confusion regarding low- and no-calorie sweeteners (LNCS) in noncommunicable diseases. To understand the role of differ...

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NEW: Our umbrella review of trials and cohorts we show that the methods really matter esp. when researching the controversial topic of sweeteners 😱 👇Check out the full paper cdnsciencepub.com/doi/full/10.... @apnmjournal.bsky.social @uoftnutrisci.bsky.social

PhD work on the portfoliodiet.app is published 🍎📲 A key question in nutrition research is *how can we best support those who wish to change their dietary habits?* Here we looked at a web-based app as an option in adults at risk of CVD 👇👇 cardio.jmir.org/2025/1/e58124/

🚨 Our latest research on the Portfolio Diet was featured by @medscape.com In this study, published in BMC Med, we examined the diet’s association with CVD mortality This is 1 of many steps to take RCT evidence beyond LDL-C to real outcomes. From🩸biomarkers to 🫀disease impact!

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New Canadian studies suggest that the portfolio diet can reduce the risk for cardiovascular disease and mortality among diverse patient populations. Previous studies had examined only older White participants. @meaghankavanagh.bsky.social www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...

🥦 Join the Food Impact Network for a free webinar: "Delicious Advances in Institutional Plant-Forward Menus" 📅 Monday, June 23 🍽️ From 🫛 🍎 to 🏥 — learn about plant-based institutional dining innovation 🔗 Register here bit.ly/plantforwardmenus

🚨 Soy ≠ estrogen bomb Still hearing myths about soy and femininity? 🧐 Our team at @Toronto_3D_Unit in @nutrisci_uoft designed this cool infographic to set the record straight! 🌱💪 📖 Check out the @nutritionorg article: 🔗 nutrition.org/new-research... #Nutrition #WomensHealth

📢 New study alert! Heard of the Portfolio Diet? It’s a dietary pattern designed to lower cholesterol—and now, we show it may help lower your risk of dying from cardiovascular disease. Let’s break down the highlights from our @BMCMedicine study ⬇️ 🔗 bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

New observational study on the Portfolio diet in young 🇨🇦adults. We found ⬆️ adherence was associated with ⬇️ LDL-C. Modelling analyses suggest early adherence may limit lifetime exposure to risk factors and DELAY⏱️ the age at which cardiovascular events begin #healthspan doi.org/10.1186/s128...

Portfolio diet and LDL-C in a young, multiethnic cohort: cross-sectional analyses with cumulative exposure modeling - BMC Public Health

Background The Portfolio Diet is a plant-based dietary pattern of cholesterol-lowering foods that has demonstrated clinically meaningful reductions in low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) and o...

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Diabetes is the #1 concern I hear re: statins lately. Is this harvard publication adding to these fears? 🤔 link.springer.com/article/10.1... Do not fear statins, their CVD benefit outweigh any excess risk of T2D. Still worried? Consider adjunct therapies 🍎 with your low-dose statin.

Duration and type of statin use and long-term risk of type 2 diabetes among men and women with hypercholesterolaemia: findings from three prospective cohorts - Diabetologia

Aims/hypothesis Findings from RCTs and observational studies indicate a positive association between statin use and risk of type 2 diabetes. Mendelian randomisation studies provide evidence to support...

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Do you know what keeps nutritional scientists awake an night? measuring dietary adherence 😱. 🚨Published today 🚨 -> our research where we identify metabolites as future biomarkers of dietary patterns 🍎 🌱 👇👇👇 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Metabolomic profiling of a cholesterol lowering plant-based diet from two randomized controlled feeding trials - European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition - Metabolomic profiling of a cholesterol lowering plant-based diet from two randomized controlled feeding trials

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*New healthy aging publication* They looked at 8 healthy dietary patterns and compared them across different healthy aging outcomes in the Harvard cohorts. What dietary pattern will give you the greatest odds of living to 70 without chronic disease? 👇 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Optimal dietary patterns for healthy aging - Nature Medicine

In two longitudinal cohorts followed for 30 years, the associations of eight different dietary patterns with healthy aging—encompassing cognitive, physical and mental health—were studied, identifying ...

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RFK Jr. Attends Funeral in Texas of Girl Who Died of #Measles. Health secretary has faced harsh criticism for handling of outbreak, embrace of quackery and tepid endorsement of #vaccination, by @teddyrosenbluth.bsky.social, Lucinda Holt www.nytimes.com/2025/04/06/h... via @nytimes.com

Kennedy Attends Funeral in Texas of Girl Who Died of Measles

The health secretary has faced harsh criticism for his handling of the multistate outbreak, embrace of alternative treatments and tepid endorsement of vaccination.

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PhD work on the PortfolioDiet.app is published 🫛🍎📲 An important question in nutrition research is how can we best support those who wish to change their dietary habits? This work looks at a web-based app as a possible option in adults at risk of CVD. cardio.jmir.org/2025/1/e58124

Acceptability of a Web-Based Health App (PortfolioDiet.app) to Translate a Nutrition Therapy for Cardiovascular Disease in High-Risk Adults: Mixed Methods Randomized Ancillary Pilot Study

Background: The Portfolio Diet is a dietary pattern for cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk reduction with 5 key categories including nuts and seeds; plant protein from specific food sources; viscous fi...

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Health in Canada: a pivotal political moment. Canada must fiercely defend the integrity of its cherished universal health-care system. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... via @thelancet.bsky.social

Our research team is hosting the 42nd International Symposium on Diabetes and Nutrition (DNSG) in Ottawa 🇨🇦 this year! Abstracts due March 30th: dnsg2025.ca

New for #Nutrition2025! ASN is accepting encore abstracts, giving you a second chance to showcase your research. Plus, early registration is extended to March 28—more time to save! Join us in Orlando, May 31–June 3. Learn more at nutrition.org/N25

An urgent argument for the #HPV vaccine. The vaccine can prevent six types of cancers -- cervical, oropharyngeal, anal and more -- but continues to be underutilized, by Lisa Doggett www.npr.org/sections/sho... via @npr.org @pubhealthwatch.bsky.social

An urgent argument for the HPV vaccine

Data shows it can prevent six types of cancer. But anti-vaccine activists, including U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., have helped dampen its usage.

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Relevant study after hearing Dr. Willett's talk at AHA Epi last week. Increased costs ⬆️💰associated with greater adherence to the EAT-Lancet Commission reference diet in the province of Québec 🇨🇦: The PREDISE study | BJN - www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

At AHA EPI 🙌 ♥️ presenting our work on the association of the DASH dietary pattern and CVD mortality. Abstract -> epi.apprisor.org/epsAbstractE...