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December 2015
It’s #GivingTuesday, a global day dedicated to celebrating generosity and to giving to a cause you care about. Please consider a gift to the Nutrition Research Institute. Healthy Brain Function Tied to Nutrition A variety of research on babies and their...
December 2016
Mom's Diet Can Affect Development of Next Two Generations Nutritional deficiencies during pregnancy can have lasting effects across generations that impact development not only of children, but also of grandchildren. These heritable effects are linked to epigenetic...
Add Healthy, Tasty Twists to Your Holiday Treats and Meals
November 21, 2016 • Holiday meals are one of the joys of the season that inevitably become the bane of each New Year, but it doesn’t have to be that way!
Seasonal delights are often packed with sugar, “bad” fat and holiday memories that make the temptation too much. This season, nutrition experts at the North Carolina Research Campus (NCRC) offer their tips, suggestions, and personal recipe favorites that will help you enjoy your favorite foods without carrying them with you into 2017.
Preterm neonatal urinary renal developmental and acute kidney injury metabolomic profiling: an exploratory study.
Obesity Increases Mortality and Modulates the Lung Metabolome during Pandemic H1N1 Influenza Virus Infection in Mice.
Impact of a Western Diet on the Ovarian and Serum Metabolome
The continuum of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders in a community in South Africa: Prevalence and characteristics in a fifth sample.
Healthy Cooking for the Holidays: Recipes
November 16, 2016 • Appetite for Life is a series of community programs produced by the NRI brings the latest nutrition science research down to earth in educational and interactive lectures, demonstrations and events. NRI and JWU collaborated to bring the Cooking for Nourishment Demo, Healthy Cooking for the Holidays. See the recipes here.
Mom’s Diet Can Affect Development of Next Two Generations
November 17, 2016 • Nutritional deficiencies during pregnancy can have lasting effects across generations that impact development not only of children, but also of grandchildren. These heritable effects are linked to epigenetic changes that affect gene expression but not DNA sequence. At the NRI, we seek to understand how nutrition affects health and why different people respond differently to the same nutrients.