Recent lecture I delivered for the residents in the Eastern Virginia Medical School Family Medicine Residency Program…an “everything you need to know” regarding the basics of how to use nutrition to improve blood pressure, diabetes and high cholesterol.

I’ve teamed up with Brain Changes Initiative, an organization devoted to funding ground-breaking research surrounding Traumatic Brain Injury recovery while providing education, awareness, and advocacy for healthcare professionals, families and survivors.

Recently  I crafted a post for their blog about the M.I.N.D diet which is designed for neuro-cognitive health that has been proven to decrease risk for Alzheimer’s, cognitive decline and can even help improve outcomes post-stroke.

You can visit the post on the Brain Changes website: https://www.brainchanges.org/brain-bites-eating-for-brain-health

Or see a video summary on their Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/CBjMeoKAyIe/

Marketplace on CBC recently aired a segment about my research:

http://www.cbc.ca/marketplace/episodes/2017-2018/whats-in-your-water-and-probiotics

I chatted with poster presenters…here’s what I learned…

Dr. Meydani, a veterinarian turned nutrition scientist, shared his insight in this video…

Once again, I asked the leading nutritional scientists, “what’s your best piece of advice for young scientists?” Here’s what they told me…

Today I had the pleasure of meeting Dr. Melina Jampolis. She is one of my favorite figures in the world of nutrition and I’ve been following her work for years! We chatted…here’s what she said…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52uYWosuE74

It has been an honor, privilege, and an amazingly fun experience video blogging for the American Society for Nutrition at the 2015 Experimental Biology Conference.

Thank you to all of the people who helped me in this endeavor:
Mavra Ahmed
JoAnne Arcand
Jodi Bernstein
Mary Christoph
Mary L’Abbé
Lauren LeMay-Nedjelski
Chelsea Murray
Suzanne Price
Pete Scourboutakos
Carly Visentin

Also, thank you to the American Society for Nutrition for giving me this opportunity and for everyone who let me interview them!

I chatted with Professor Joanne Slaving who was the 2015 Atwater Lecturer, here’s what she had to say:

I asked leading scientists at EB for their best piece of advice for young scientists…here’s what they told me:

I had so much fun asking EB 2015 attendees…

“Whose your favourite scientist?”

Here’s what they told me…

Avocados may be beneficial for cognitive function…

Dr. Marion Nestle is one of my all-time favourite people in the world of nutrition. It was such a pleasure and honour to interview her today. Here’s what she had to say about some of the leading issues in nutrition.

Every once and a while, someone serendipitously sits down beside you, and the conversation that emerges ends up being one you’ll never forget. That’s what happened when I met Dr. Benjamin Caballero today. Luckily, I had my camera on hand, and his inspiring words of wisdom are preserved in this vlog.

David Freedman delivered a thought provoking and inspiring talk on Monday.  Here’s a brief glimpse of his thoughts…

After chatting with students in the “Emerging Leaders in Nutritional Sciences Poster Competition” at Experimental Biology 2015, here’s what I learned…

In this episode of my ASN vlog, I chatted with participants in the “Emerging Leaders in Nutritional Sciences” poster competition. Here’s what I learned…

In this episode we chatted with Dr. William Harris, a Professor of Medicine from the University of South Dakota. He told us about his thoughts on Omega 3 fatty acids.

I’m at the American Society for Nutrition’s Annual Meeting in Boston! For the next few days I’ll be posting video blogs from the conference.

…and higher blood serotonin levels are associated with enhanced mood. Get chewing!

I learned about this fact from:

Mohri Y, Fumoto M, Sato-Suzuki I, Umino M, Arita H. Prolonged rhythmic gum chewing suppresses nociceptive response via serotonergic descending inhibitory pathway in humans. Pain. 2005 Nov;118(1-2):35-42. Epub 2005 Oct 3.

Williams E, Stewart-Knox B, Helander A, McConville C, Bradbury I, Rowland I. Associations between whole-blood serotonin and subjective mood in healthy male volunteers. Biol Psychol. 2006 Feb;71(2):171-4. Epub 2005 May 31.

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