Thanks to Sandee LaMotte @cnn.com for interviewing me about topics from my new book FOOD INTELLIGENCE with @juliabelluz.bsky.social that will be published tomorrow! www.cnn.com/2025/09/22/h...

Now both books with @kevinh-phd.bsky.social have arrived in Paris, just ahead of tomorrow's launch! The US edition to the left, and the UK, on the right. Pleased to share that I love them both equally!

Excellent explainer on why private industry and venture capital can’t replace government funded basic science research.

This is an excellent overview of how the Trump admin is disrupting life-saving cancer research. And it’s not just happening in cancer, not just at NCI. It’s happening at every Institute, ripping away cures and hope for people with every type of disease. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/m...

Thanks @conscienhealth.bsky.social!

This is such an excellent, insightful, important book. Don’t miss it.

No more postdocs on H1B visas, that would seem to be an obvious outcome. Probably not at the professor level either. m.economictimes.com/nri/work/tru...

i don’t think people on bluesky understand the severity of this situation. i woke up to literally hundreds of texts from friends and family thinking about either moving back home to india or applying to other countries for jobs. this includes me.

Stupid?

I was sponsored by a biotech startup on a H-1B visa in 1999. What’s the plan to offset the impending collapse of highly skilled legal immigrants? Robust investment in American higher education? Nah, AI will probably obviate the need for these foreigners, right?

“We’re experiencing the greatest reduction in biomedical research support that I think America has ever seen” www.foodnavigator-usa.com/Article/2025...

Thanks to @cspinet.org for interviewing me about my new book with @juliabelluz.bsky.social FOOD INTELLIGENCE that’s being published next week! www.cspi.org/article/food...

Thanks to @saratalpos.bsky.social for this interview with me and @juliabelluz.bsky.social in @undark.org discussing several topics in our new book FOOD INTELLIGENCE that's finally out next week! undark.org/2025/09/19/i...

When many of my favorite health and food thinkers — @deborahb.bsky.social‬ @erictopol.bsky.social @marionnestle.bsky.social among them —praised Food Intelligence, I was stunned. My book with @kevinh-phd.bsky.social is finally out next week!

Thanks to @tamarhaspel.bsky.social for this piece in @washingtonpost.com on the utility (or lack thereof) of continuous glucose monitoring for people without diabetes. It includes a preview of a chapter of my book with @juliabelluz.bsky.social “Food Intelligence” coming Sept 23! wapo.st/3Ipznnm

I am deeply saddened and angered by news that more NIH RIFs may happen next week. This is unacceptable, especially after NIH staff have worked nights & weekends to dig out from the backlog created by this admin's incompetence. Tell your Congress people NIH needs its staff to keep delivering cures

I was honored to participate in this webinar discussing ultra-processed foods with @meganranney.bsky.social, @cgardnerphd.bsky.social, Susan Mayne, and Fatima Cody Stanford hosted by @nam.edu. If you missed it, a recording is now available in the link below! nam.edu/event/what-s...

Come and join us on 1 October to hear from @kevinh-phd.bsky.social @oxmartinschool.bsky.social. Professor Hall will be talking about body weight regulation and how our food environment(s) effects our biology. Booking and more details: www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/events/the-c...

A thoughtful commentary and an upcoming book by @juliabelluz.bsky.social and @kevinh-phd.bsky.social, have us thinking about distinctions between food and the #FoodEnvironment, as well as the problem with calling it all "toxic." conscienhealth.org/2025/09/pois...

Today in @nytimes.com , @juliabelluz.bsky.social and I share our thoughts on our toxic food environment, what to do about it, & how MAHA leadership is falling short by promoting wellness products & industry cooperation instead of better science, policy & regulation. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/o...

It’s exciting to finally see that my book with @juliabelluz.bsky.social is an actual physical object!

One more day to get 25% off pre-orders of my book FOOD INTELLIGENCE with @juliabelluz.bsky.social at @barnesandnoble.com www.barnesandnoble.com/w/food-intel...

It’s been a journey! I’m thrilled my book with @kevinh-phd.bsky.social is finally coming out this month! @barnesandnoble.com is offering 25% off pre-orders for FOOD INTELLIGENCE. Place your order at BN.com between now and Friday with code PREORDER25 #BNPreorder www.barnesandnoble.com/w/food-intel...

After years of work with @juliabelluz.bsky.social, it's hard to believe that our book FOOD INTELLIGENCE will be published this month! @barnesandnoble.com has 25% off pre-orders placed on Sept 3-5. www.barnesandnoble.com/w/food-intel...

100+ years of CDC Directors support our client Dr. Susan Monarez. Powerful. "None of us would have agreed to the secretary’s demands, and we applaud Dr. Monarez for standing up for the agency and the health of our communities." www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...

I truly enjoyed this discussion with Dr. Mike covering a range of topics on food, nutrition, and metabolism. We also discuss my reasons for leaving NIH and what’s needed to really improve nutrition science. youtu.be/WBllzAb_vAk?...

FORTUNATELY, for everyone we have a fun way to tell your House rep that you think Bobby Jr is a quack and has to go… For $3 we will hand deliver (by a man in a duck costume) a rubber ducky with a message to “impeach the quack” to your rep! QUACK-O-GRAMS! act.standupforscience.net/fundraising/...

Yesterday, my colleagues gave me this wonderful gift memorializing my career at NIH and my professional relationships that I will always cherish. I am honored to have had the privilege of working with these dedicated public servants!

Abbe Lowell and I represent CDC Director #SusanMonarez. Contrary to govt statements, Dr. Monarez has neither resigned nor yet been fired. She will not resign. We have issued the following statement:

In a functional government, this would be a five alarm fire where Congress calls in Kennedy and asks him what the fuck is going on

For the eleventy billionth time: Attacks on science funding and science jobs in the United States don’t mean that science will just move elsewhere. It means a lot less science for everyone. There aren’t enough jobs or funding everywhere else )combined) for US scientists to just move.

New preprint led by Chris Colvin entitled “Tradeoffs Between Convenience, Cost, and Healthy Eating Index for Diets Aligned to the Dietary Guidelines for Americans but Varying in Ultra-Processed Foods” www.preprints.org/manuscript/2...

This is a good watch. So much potentially impactful science is being stopped for no good reason.

I am one of these faces. I certainly do feel like my life has been turned upside down multiple times this year, but I will always love my #NIHMOSAIC family and I am so glad we have people like @jeremymberg.bsky.social fighting for us ❤️

Good summary of the disastrous situation at NIH.

Similar to my experience at NIH, this story documents how government scientists studying topics aligning with stated MAHA priorities have been thwarted.

Great interview with former FDA Commissioner David Kessler on his petition to remove various processed carbohydrates common in ultra-processed foods from the list of ingredients generally recognized as safe (GRAS). podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...

I was happy to participate in this wide-ranging discussion about food, farming, nutrition and health on the latest episode of the podcast Why Should I Trust You? podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...

My oped in the NYT today, as we mark the 80th anniversary of the Manhattan Project and the end of the World War II, Trump is undoing the model of innovation that powered US prosperity ever since. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/12/o... www.nytimes.com/2025/08/12/o...

Just to give the TL;DR on this one: *The* main purpose of the EO is to move funding priorities and decisions away from experts and career professionals over to political appointees. With the ultimate power held by Vought / OMB.

"The peril of preconceived narratives" in @cp-cellmetabolism.bsky.social with @vdarcey.bsky.social in response to the fall out from our recent study that failed to show significant brain dopamine responses to UPF milkshakes similar to highly addictive drugs. authors.elsevier.com/c/1lYiE5WXUl...

It was fun to chat about metabolism with @drsanjaygupta.bsky.social for the recent Chasing Life podcast. www.cnn.com/audio/podcas... www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CC0...

“To the scientists wondering if there will even be an NIH by the end of this administration, this committee’s resounding message is: ‘Yes, Congress has your back’,” said @murray.senate.gov We’re not near the finish line yet - but this is a strong step in the right direction. zurl.co/AzSK7

This administration is replacing science with propaganda.

Btw, I mentioned in here how Vought was on tv last weekend listing off zany-sounding NIH grants to make it seem like spending is out of control. This is such a longstanding GOP tactic that it got a whole chapter in my book, which, I guess, still has some relevance. wwnorton.com/books/Not-a-...

SNAP-Ed taught people on food benefits about cooking healthy food and organized walking groups — the kinds of efforts that seem in keeping with MAHA's mission. But the program will end under the new tax bill. Great feature from @elizabethcooney.bsky.social www.statnews.com/2025/07/30/b...

I really enjoyed chatting with @kevinh-phd.bsky.social about his new book, what happened after he left NIH, the problems with MAHA's approach to food dyes, and much more — including which ultra-processed foods he happily eats www.statnews.com/2025/07/30/k...

I've seen a number of folks talking about grants they/colleagues had cut & lists of those going around - plz share this effort by @brindabee.bsky.social & @realdoctormike.bsky.social to gather stories of cancelled research grants and clip these into a media campaign docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

“The new policy means that the number of grants that can be funded this year will drop dramatically. And that will decimate US biomedical science labs across the country, and set back medical research and cures for disease by years.” open.substack.com/pub/donmoyniha…