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Mar 17, 2024

Curate Your Social Media Feed for Better Health

Check out The Salad Lab (@thesaladlabofficial) on Instagram. This creator demonstrates a different salad each day along with beverage pairings. Her science-themed stylings feature labware in place of the usual measuring cups and prep bowls. It is a fun perspective on incorporating salads into your diet. Try the Spring Chopped Salad with Goddess Dressing. This article was… 

Mar 17, 2024

The Best Diet for You

What is the right, easiest, or best diet to follow? What about Keto, paleo, DASH, Atkins, South Beach, intermittent fasting, Mediterranean, low carb, low fat? How does anyone make sense of all of the available information (while sorting out the misinformation) about food and health? One simple answer is, “the best diet is the one… 

Mar 17, 2024

Advances in Precision Nutrition

Current nutrition recommendations are made using general ideas of healthy foods, laboratory blood tests, and clinical symptoms. As scientists discover more about the human genome, they are learning more about the health and nutrition information coded there. People eating the same foods can have very different health according to their genetics. We aren’t quite there… 

Jan 17, 2024

Fermentation: Try Something New This Year!

Fermented foods have lots of probiotics that can help replenish an imbalance in the gut microbiome. An imbalance might be caused by a prescribed course of antibiotics to fight an infection or a change in your diet. Diets low in fiber and high in processed foods, can lead to a decreased amount of good microbiota diversity.… 

Jan 17, 2024

New Year, New “You”?

As we look into a new year, we often think about the changes we can make to lead happier, healthier, and more fulfilled lives. The usual list includes things like, improve our diet, practice mindfulness or read more books. Here’s one to consider; one you probably haven’t thought about–work to change the make-up of the… 

Oct 28, 2023

Pumpkin Power!

It’s finally Fall! It’s that time of the year for sweaters, warm drinks, and pumpkins! Pumpkins have become a symbol of harvest and festivity. Pumpkins are not only a staple of fall decorations, they start showing up in favorite dishes, and in that way, they can enhance your diet with great nutrition. Every part of… 

Oct 17, 2023

Social Suggestion

I have found some great resources about nutrition, phytochemicals and health on social media that I will share on occasion. Neither Plants for Human Health Institute nor I have any connection to these content creators, but I am a fan of helpful information being disseminated well. One of the appealing features of social media content… 

Aug 28, 2023

Report from American Society of Nutrition Conference

I attended the American Society of Nutrition Conference in Boston in late July. Scientists and healthcare professionals from all over the world came together to exchange information about the future of food and nutrition science in healthcare. The session Food as Medicine particularly resonated with me and reaffirmed the work we are doing to incorporate dietary guidance… 

Aug 15, 2023

PCOS & Phytochemicals

Polycystic ovary syndrome is a common diagnosis for women of childbearing age. As many as six million women in the United States (nearly 10% of the US population) have symptoms of PCOS.1  PCOS is a hormonal disorder classified by three main features: the lack of ovulation, overproduction of androgen hormones, and the presence of multiple…