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AFL@JWU Nutrition Notes – April 17, 2019
April 17, 2019 – The science on food and nutrients and their relationship to health is complex. Individuals are unique and there are various factors that influence health outcomes. Researchers at the UNC Nutrition Research Institute (NRI) are working very hard to understand the intricacies of diet and nutrients, and their relationship to disease prevention and progression with the goal that general dietary guidance will be replaced with personalized nutrition recommendations.
AFL Program Recap: "Diet-Gut Microbiome Interactions: Whose diet is it anyway?"
March 22, 2019 – If you missed our March Appetite for Life presentation by Joanna Lampe, PhD, RD, you can catch up. Watch the entire program on video now. The live presentation took place at Forty-Six in Kannapolis on Wednesday, March 13, 2019.
NIH Grant To Study Gene Mutation Associated with Rare Disease
March 22, 2019 – Sergey A. Krupenko, PhD, professor of nutrition at the UNC Nutrition Research Institute (NRI), has been awarded a $2.4 million grant from the National Institutes of Health for his research project, “Regulation of Mitochondrial Function by Folate...