Five Nutrition Tips That Make a Big Difference in the New Year
Five Nutrition Tips That Make a Big Difference in the New Year The UNC Nutrition Research Institute (NRI) conducts innovative research in precision nutrition to understand why people respond differently to food. By combining scientific discovery with community...
Inside Your Cells: How Diet Shapes Metabolic Function
Inside Your Cells: How Diet Shapes Metabolic Function December 18, 2025 Saroja Voruganti, PhD, Professor of Nutrition, continues her work building a nationally and internationally recognized research program in nutritional genomics at UNC. She is the co-Director of...
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Choline, GLP-1s, and the Future of Precision Nutrition
When researchers move beyond a one-size-fits-all approach and engage families as true partners, they can design interventions that reflect real experiences and lead to meaningful, lasting change.
Unpacking Ultra-Processed Foods
When researchers move beyond a one-size-fits-all approach and engage families as true partners, they can design interventions that reflect real experiences and lead to meaningful, lasting change.
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When researchers move beyond a one-size-fits-all approach and engage families as true partners, they can design interventions that reflect real experiences and lead to meaningful, lasting change.
Rewriting Cancer’s Energy Story with a Natural Compound
Our findings show a completely novel function of resveratrol that help us understand how it may target cancer cells by altering how they generate energy. By uncovering these shifts in fat metabolism we’re identifying new ways to think about nutrition’s role in cancer research.