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!

🥦 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...

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.

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...

*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...

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

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

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

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...

For anticipating success of MD PhD graduates no applicant metrics, individually or collectively, predict in-program performance, future research effort, or eventual workplace choices @jci-insight.bsky.social insight.jci.org/articles/vie...