@meaghankavanagh.bsky.social
PhD work on the portfoliodiet.app is published 🍎📲
A key question in nutrition research is
*how can we best support those who wish to change their dietary habits?*
Here we looked at a web-based app as an option in adults at risk of CVD
👇👇
cardio.jmir.org/2025/1/e58124/
A key question in nutrition research is
*how can we best support those who wish to change their dietary habits?*
Here we looked at a web-based app as an option in adults at risk of CVD
👇👇
cardio.jmir.org/2025/1/e58124/
Portfolio Diet
PortfolioDiet.app
July 1, 2025 at 5:57 PM
PhD work on the portfoliodiet.app is published 🍎📲
A key question in nutrition research is
*how can we best support those who wish to change their dietary habits?*
Here we looked at a web-based app as an option in adults at risk of CVD
👇👇
cardio.jmir.org/2025/1/e58124/
A key question in nutrition research is
*how can we best support those who wish to change their dietary habits?*
Here we looked at a web-based app as an option in adults at risk of CVD
👇👇
cardio.jmir.org/2025/1/e58124/
🚨 Our latest research on the Portfolio Diet was featured by
@medscape.com
In this study, published in BMC Med, we examined the diet’s association with CVD mortality
This is 1 of many steps to take RCT evidence beyond LDL-C to real outcomes.
From🩸biomarkers to 🫀disease impact!
@medscape.com
In this study, published in BMC Med, we examined the diet’s association with CVD mortality
This is 1 of many steps to take RCT evidence beyond LDL-C to real outcomes.
From🩸biomarkers to 🫀disease impact!
New Canadian studies suggest that the portfolio diet can reduce the risk for cardiovascular disease and mortality among diverse patient populations. Previous studies had examined only older White participants. @meaghankavanagh.bsky.social www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...
2 New Studies Show CVD Benefit of Portfolio Diet
The plant-based, cholesterol-lowering diet is associated with a reduced risk for cardiovascular disease and mortality across diverse groups.
www.medscape.com
June 16, 2025 at 6:22 PM
🚨 Our latest research on the Portfolio Diet was featured by
@medscape.com
In this study, published in BMC Med, we examined the diet’s association with CVD mortality
This is 1 of many steps to take RCT evidence beyond LDL-C to real outcomes.
From🩸biomarkers to 🫀disease impact!
@medscape.com
In this study, published in BMC Med, we examined the diet’s association with CVD mortality
This is 1 of many steps to take RCT evidence beyond LDL-C to real outcomes.
From🩸biomarkers to 🫀disease impact!
🥦 Join the Food Impact Network for a free webinar:
"Delicious Advances in Institutional Plant-Forward Menus"
📅 Monday, June 23
🍽️ From 🫛 🍎 to 🏥 — learn about plant-based institutional dining innovation
🔗 Register here bit.ly/plantforwardmenus
"Delicious Advances in Institutional Plant-Forward Menus"
📅 Monday, June 23
🍽️ From 🫛 🍎 to 🏥 — learn about plant-based institutional dining innovation
🔗 Register here bit.ly/plantforwardmenus
June 9, 2025 at 3:14 PM
🥦 Join the Food Impact Network for a free webinar:
"Delicious Advances in Institutional Plant-Forward Menus"
📅 Monday, June 23
🍽️ From 🫛 🍎 to 🏥 — learn about plant-based institutional dining innovation
🔗 Register here bit.ly/plantforwardmenus
"Delicious Advances in Institutional Plant-Forward Menus"
📅 Monday, June 23
🍽️ From 🫛 🍎 to 🏥 — learn about plant-based institutional dining innovation
🔗 Register here bit.ly/plantforwardmenus
🚨 Soy ≠ estrogen bomb
Still hearing myths about soy and femininity? 🧐
Our team at
@Toronto_3D_Unit
in
@nutrisci_uoft
designed this cool infographic to set the record straight! 🌱💪
📖 Check out the
@nutritionorg
article:
🔗 nutrition.org/new-research...
#Nutrition #WomensHealth
Still hearing myths about soy and femininity? 🧐
Our team at
@Toronto_3D_Unit
in
@nutrisci_uoft
designed this cool infographic to set the record straight! 🌱💪
📖 Check out the
@nutritionorg
article:
🔗 nutrition.org/new-research...
#Nutrition #WomensHealth
May 27, 2025 at 7:43 PM
🚨 Soy ≠ estrogen bomb
Still hearing myths about soy and femininity? 🧐
Our team at
@Toronto_3D_Unit
in
@nutrisci_uoft
designed this cool infographic to set the record straight! 🌱💪
📖 Check out the
@nutritionorg
article:
🔗 nutrition.org/new-research...
#Nutrition #WomensHealth
Still hearing myths about soy and femininity? 🧐
Our team at
@Toronto_3D_Unit
in
@nutrisci_uoft
designed this cool infographic to set the record straight! 🌱💪
📖 Check out the
@nutritionorg
article:
🔗 nutrition.org/new-research...
#Nutrition #WomensHealth
📢 New study alert!
Heard of the Portfolio Diet? It’s a dietary pattern designed to lower cholesterol—and now, we show it may help lower your risk of dying from cardiovascular disease.
Let’s break down the highlights from our
@BMCMedicine
study ⬇️
🔗 bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
Heard of the Portfolio Diet? It’s a dietary pattern designed to lower cholesterol—and now, we show it may help lower your risk of dying from cardiovascular disease.
Let’s break down the highlights from our
@BMCMedicine
study ⬇️
🔗 bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
May 21, 2025 at 3:19 PM
📢 New study alert!
Heard of the Portfolio Diet? It’s a dietary pattern designed to lower cholesterol—and now, we show it may help lower your risk of dying from cardiovascular disease.
Let’s break down the highlights from our
@BMCMedicine
study ⬇️
🔗 bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
Heard of the Portfolio Diet? It’s a dietary pattern designed to lower cholesterol—and now, we show it may help lower your risk of dying from cardiovascular disease.
Let’s break down the highlights from our
@BMCMedicine
study ⬇️
🔗 bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
New observational study on the Portfolio diet in young 🇨🇦adults.
We found ⬆️ adherence was associated with ⬇️ LDL-C. Modelling analyses suggest early adherence may limit lifetime exposure to risk factors and DELAY⏱️ the age at which cardiovascular events begin #healthspan
doi.org/10.1186/s128...
We found ⬆️ adherence was associated with ⬇️ LDL-C. Modelling analyses suggest early adherence may limit lifetime exposure to risk factors and DELAY⏱️ the age at which cardiovascular events begin #healthspan
doi.org/10.1186/s128...
Portfolio diet and LDL-C in a young, multiethnic cohort: cross-sectional analyses with cumulative exposure modeling - BMC Public Health
Background The Portfolio Diet is a plant-based dietary pattern of cholesterol-lowering foods that has demonstrated clinically meaningful reductions in low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) and o...
bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com
May 14, 2025 at 1:43 PM
New observational study on the Portfolio diet in young 🇨🇦adults.
We found ⬆️ adherence was associated with ⬇️ LDL-C. Modelling analyses suggest early adherence may limit lifetime exposure to risk factors and DELAY⏱️ the age at which cardiovascular events begin #healthspan
doi.org/10.1186/s128...
We found ⬆️ adherence was associated with ⬇️ LDL-C. Modelling analyses suggest early adherence may limit lifetime exposure to risk factors and DELAY⏱️ the age at which cardiovascular events begin #healthspan
doi.org/10.1186/s128...
Diabetes is the #1 concern I hear re: statins lately. Is this harvard publication adding to these fears? 🤔 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Do not fear statins, their CVD benefit outweigh any excess risk of T2D. Still worried? Consider adjunct therapies 🍎 with your low-dose statin.
Do not fear statins, their CVD benefit outweigh any excess risk of T2D. Still worried? Consider adjunct therapies 🍎 with your low-dose statin.
Duration and type of statin use and long-term risk of type 2 diabetes among men and women with hypercholesterolaemia: findings from three prospective cohorts - Diabetologia
Aims/hypothesis Findings from RCTs and observational studies indicate a positive association between statin use and risk of type 2 diabetes. Mendelian randomisation studies provide evidence to support...
link.springer.com
May 8, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Diabetes is the #1 concern I hear re: statins lately. Is this harvard publication adding to these fears? 🤔 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Do not fear statins, their CVD benefit outweigh any excess risk of T2D. Still worried? Consider adjunct therapies 🍎 with your low-dose statin.
Do not fear statins, their CVD benefit outweigh any excess risk of T2D. Still worried? Consider adjunct therapies 🍎 with your low-dose statin.
Do you know what keeps nutritional scientists awake an night? measuring dietary adherence 😱.
🚨Published today 🚨 -> our research where we identify metabolites as future biomarkers of dietary patterns 🍎 🌱
👇👇👇
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
🚨Published today 🚨 -> our research where we identify metabolites as future biomarkers of dietary patterns 🍎 🌱
👇👇👇
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Metabolomic profiling of a cholesterol lowering plant-based diet from two randomized controlled feeding trials - European Journal of Clinical Nutrition
European Journal of Clinical Nutrition - Metabolomic profiling of a cholesterol lowering plant-based diet from two randomized controlled feeding trials
www.nature.com
April 22, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Do you know what keeps nutritional scientists awake an night? measuring dietary adherence 😱.
🚨Published today 🚨 -> our research where we identify metabolites as future biomarkers of dietary patterns 🍎 🌱
👇👇👇
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
🚨Published today 🚨 -> our research where we identify metabolites as future biomarkers of dietary patterns 🍎 🌱
👇👇👇
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
*New healthy aging publication*
They looked at 8 healthy dietary patterns and compared them across different healthy aging outcomes in the Harvard cohorts.
What dietary pattern will give you the greatest odds of living to 70 without chronic disease? 👇
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
They looked at 8 healthy dietary patterns and compared them across different healthy aging outcomes in the Harvard cohorts.
What dietary pattern will give you the greatest odds of living to 70 without chronic disease? 👇
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Optimal dietary patterns for healthy aging - Nature Medicine
In two longitudinal cohorts followed for 30 years, the associations of eight different dietary patterns with healthy aging—encompassing cognitive, physical and mental health—were studied, identifying ...
www.nature.com
April 14, 2025 at 5:51 PM
*New healthy aging publication*
They looked at 8 healthy dietary patterns and compared them across different healthy aging outcomes in the Harvard cohorts.
What dietary pattern will give you the greatest odds of living to 70 without chronic disease? 👇
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
They looked at 8 healthy dietary patterns and compared them across different healthy aging outcomes in the Harvard cohorts.
What dietary pattern will give you the greatest odds of living to 70 without chronic disease? 👇
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Reposted
RFK Jr. Attends Funeral in Texas of Girl Who Died of #Measles. Health secretary has faced harsh criticism for handling of outbreak, embrace of quackery and tepid endorsement of #vaccination, by @teddyrosenbluth.bsky.social, Lucinda Holt www.nytimes.com/2025/04/06/h... via @nytimes.com
Kennedy Attends Funeral in Texas of Girl Who Died of Measles
The health secretary has faced harsh criticism for his handling of the multistate outbreak, embrace of alternative treatments and tepid endorsement of vaccination.
www.nytimes.com
April 6, 2025 at 11:00 PM
RFK Jr. Attends Funeral in Texas of Girl Who Died of #Measles. Health secretary has faced harsh criticism for handling of outbreak, embrace of quackery and tepid endorsement of #vaccination, by @teddyrosenbluth.bsky.social, Lucinda Holt www.nytimes.com/2025/04/06/h... via @nytimes.com
PhD work on the PortfolioDiet.app is published 🫛🍎📲 An important question in nutrition research is how can we best support those who wish to change their dietary habits? This work looks at a web-based app as a possible option in adults at risk of CVD. cardio.jmir.org/2025/1/e58124
Acceptability of a Web-Based Health App (PortfolioDiet.app) to Translate a Nutrition Therapy for Cardiovascular Disease in High-Risk Adults: Mixed Methods Randomized Ancillary Pilot Study
Background: The Portfolio Diet is a dietary pattern for cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk reduction with 5 key categories including nuts and seeds; plant protein from specific food sources; viscous fi...
cardio.jmir.org
March 31, 2025 at 2:13 AM
PhD work on the PortfolioDiet.app is published 🫛🍎📲 An important question in nutrition research is how can we best support those who wish to change their dietary habits? This work looks at a web-based app as a possible option in adults at risk of CVD. cardio.jmir.org/2025/1/e58124
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Health in Canada: a pivotal political moment. Canada must fiercely defend the integrity of its cherished universal health-care system. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... via @thelancet.bsky.social
March 15, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Health in Canada: a pivotal political moment. Canada must fiercely defend the integrity of its cherished universal health-care system. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... via @thelancet.bsky.social
Our research team is hosting the 42nd International Symposium on Diabetes and Nutrition (DNSG) in Ottawa 🇨🇦 this year! Abstracts due March 30th:
dnsg2025.ca
dnsg2025.ca
DNSG 2025 Symposium
dnsg2025.ca
March 15, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Our research team is hosting the 42nd International Symposium on Diabetes and Nutrition (DNSG) in Ottawa 🇨🇦 this year! Abstracts due March 30th:
dnsg2025.ca
dnsg2025.ca
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New for #Nutrition2025! ASN is accepting encore abstracts, giving you a second chance to showcase your research. Plus, early registration is extended to March 28—more time to save!
Join us in Orlando, May 31–June 3. Learn more at nutrition.org/N25
Join us in Orlando, May 31–June 3. Learn more at nutrition.org/N25
March 12, 2025 at 5:38 PM
New for #Nutrition2025! ASN is accepting encore abstracts, giving you a second chance to showcase your research. Plus, early registration is extended to March 28—more time to save!
Join us in Orlando, May 31–June 3. Learn more at nutrition.org/N25
Join us in Orlando, May 31–June 3. Learn more at nutrition.org/N25
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An urgent argument for the #HPV vaccine. The vaccine can prevent six types of cancers -- cervical, oropharyngeal, anal and more -- but continues to be underutilized, by Lisa Doggett www.npr.org/sections/sho... via @npr.org @pubhealthwatch.bsky.social
An urgent argument for the HPV vaccine
Data shows it can prevent six types of cancer. But anti-vaccine activists, including U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., have helped dampen its usage.
www.npr.org
March 12, 2025 at 5:13 PM
An urgent argument for the #HPV vaccine. The vaccine can prevent six types of cancers -- cervical, oropharyngeal, anal and more -- but continues to be underutilized, by Lisa Doggett www.npr.org/sections/sho... via @npr.org @pubhealthwatch.bsky.social
Relevant study after hearing Dr. Willett's talk at AHA Epi last week. Increased costs ⬆️💰associated with greater adherence to the EAT-Lancet Commission reference diet in the province of Québec 🇨🇦: The PREDISE study | BJN -
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Increased costs associated with greater adherence to the EAT-Lancet Commission reference diet in the province of Québec: The PREDISE study | British Journal of Nutrition | Cambridge Core
Increased costs associated with greater adherence to the EAT-Lancet Commission reference diet in the province of Québec: The PREDISE study
www.cambridge.org
March 12, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Relevant study after hearing Dr. Willett's talk at AHA Epi last week. Increased costs ⬆️💰associated with greater adherence to the EAT-Lancet Commission reference diet in the province of Québec 🇨🇦: The PREDISE study | BJN -
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
At AHA EPI 🙌 ♥️ presenting our work on the association of the DASH dietary pattern and CVD mortality. Abstract -> epi.apprisor.org/epsAbstractE...
March 7, 2025 at 3:53 PM
At AHA EPI 🙌 ♥️ presenting our work on the association of the DASH dietary pattern and CVD mortality. Abstract -> epi.apprisor.org/epsAbstractE...
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For anticipating success of MD PhD graduates no applicant metrics, individually or collectively, predict in-program performance, future research effort, or eventual workplace choices @jci-insight.bsky.social insight.jci.org/articles/vie...
March 4, 2025 at 5:57 PM
For anticipating success of MD PhD graduates no applicant metrics, individually or collectively, predict in-program performance, future research effort, or eventual workplace choices @jci-insight.bsky.social insight.jci.org/articles/vie...