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Our research not only influences the scientific community, but the general public as well. We strive to share our discoveries with everyone. Read some of our latest articles on what is happening at the Nutrition Research Institute.
Movin’ On Up: Faculty Promotions
The Nutrition Research Institute is home to accomplished research scientists with expertise in a range of fields, including nutrition, genetics, biochemistry, neuroscience, epidemiology, toxicology, psychology, and medicine. Separately and together they are breaking...
AFL Program Summaries September 2020 – May 2021
Appetite For Life with a Twist – Wednesday, September 16, 2020 "Nutrition Risks for COVID-19" was presented via Zoom by Martin Kohlmeier, MD, PhD. As Covid-19 continues to spread throughout the US, a number of scientists favor the hypothesis that vitamin D deficiency...
Metabolic Effects of Vitamin D Deficiency: A Mouse Model of Precision Nutrition
The fundamental principle of precision nutrition is that different people, by virtue of their genetic backgrounds and life exposures, may have different nutritional needs. A compelling example of this principle is found in a recent publication by current NRI faculty...
Obesity Linked with Higher Risk for COVID-19 Complications
This article was published originally by UNC-Chapel Hill in Health and Medicine on Wednesday, August 26th, 2020. A review of COVID-19 studies reveals a troubling connection between two health crises: coronavirus and obesity. From COVID-19 risk to recovery, the odds...
September 2020
Precision Nutrition–the Answer to "What to Eat to Stay Healthy" August 28, 2020 – From an opinion paper in the Journal of the American Medical Association by Griffin P. Rodgers, MD, and Francis S. Collins, MD, PhD for NIH. The long-recognized centrality and importance...
Research Uncovered: Baba Mass
This article was published originally by endeavors on August 19th, 2020. Baba Mass is a research technician in the Voruganti Lab within the UNC Nutrition Research Institute. He studies how genes and diet impact serum uric acid levels – a chemical created when the body...
Precision Nutrition—the Answer to “What to Eat to Stay Healthy”
This article was published originally online in the Journal of the American Medical Association on August 7, 2020. By Griffin P. Rodgers, MD and Francis S. Collins, MD, PhD, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD The long-recognized centrality and importance of...
Matching Meals to Metabolism
This article was originally published on knowablemagazine.org on July 28, 2020. By Jyoti Madhusoodanan Q&A with nutrition researcher Steven Zeisel Genes, microbes and other factors govern how each person’s body processes nutrients. Understanding the connections...
August 2020
What I Learned About Nutrition Risks for COVID-19 July 30, 2020 – by Martin Kohlmeier, MD, PhD I am just reading that the Director-General of the World Health Association, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a briefing that the Covid-19 pandemic "is not even close to...