UCD PLAN’EAT team members Lauren Devine, Patrick Elliott, BSc, MPH, and Abbie were delighted to attend the Sustainability Society’s Climate Chats event last week, where Dr Eoin Galavan spoke about climate change, eco-anxiety, and what we can do about it. Eye-opening and inspiring! 🌍♻️

New genetic analysis in 200k people over 14 years ▶️apoB + lp(a) best capture lipid-mediated CV risk ▶️LDL particle size adds no additional info when apoB is accounted for academic.oup.com/eurheartj/adva…

This didn't age well. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35938780/

Since some still can't grasp why KETO-CTA has frustrated the cardiovascular & nutrition science community so much, maybe a meme can help. As per Dr Anna Borek's updated graphic. > "most stable NCPV" > "1 decrease" > distribution of NCPV change as shown

Testosterone levels in men have been decreasing over the past ~40 years, but not for the reasons you’ve been told and not as much as influencers like to say. Here’s the truth:

What a statistic. An indictment on the government’s failure to ensure affordable housing.

RFK Jr and MAHA promised a return to “gold standard science.” Their report (likely AI generated) cites studies that don’t exist, and misrepresents existing ones. “Gold standard”? I’d fail an undergrad kid for this.

This is not political, it’s clinical. Just published my 26 minute video laying out the receipts for why Secretary Kennedy must resign. Live now on YouTube 🙏🏼❤️

🚨 New paper out in Nature Food! We found that combining a higher quantity and greater diversity of dietary flavonoids may offer the best boost to long-term health—more than either alone. ☕️🍎🍊🫐🍇 Read more: nature.com/articles/s4301…

To perform at your best and recover effectively, the 4Rs framework for sports nutrition offers a clear and practical approach to improve your nutritional practices. Learn more about this framework in the latest Training121 article, below. #sportsnutrition training121.com/post/nutrition…

First diamond league win for Sarah Healy, whose remarkable year continues. 3:59.17 to win a thriller over 1500m in Rome.

We just published a critical review of the KETO-CTA study — the first study to examine coronary plaque progression in Lean Mass Hyper-Responders (LMHRs) on a ketogenic diet. Here’s why we believe the study’s results have been seriously misrepresented. 1/14

Congratulations to PhD candidate, Patrick Elliot who has been awarded the 2024 David Kritchevsky Graduate Student Award. This award honors Dr. Kritchevsky, a founding Editorial Board Member of Nutrition Research and accomplished scientist in the area of lipids and

Thanks so much for sharing, UCD School Ag & Food! I am honoured to receive this award from Nutrition Research (Elsevier), alongside Dr Tori Holthaus. I would encourage others to submit their work to Nutrition Research (Elsevier), as I was very impressed with their thorough peer review (which improved my paper a lot!) 😊

This is a tremendous video by Simon Hill MSc, BSc (Hons) I find it hard to imagine someone watching this in good faith and not agreeing that the Keto CTA, and its utterly dishonest communication, was anything but an embarrassment. youtube.com/watch?v=FkdsOx…

The world’s leading ultraprocessed foods researcher Kevin Hall left the NIH because of censorship from this administration. Instead of his UPF work being supported and promoted, it was censored. MAHA prefers pre-made conclusions instead of supporting high quality UPF science.

I’m eating lab grown meat the second it’s mass market ready. It’s biologically identical to animal meat and will reduce suffering more than any technology in the history of our planet as long as enough people switch over from factory farmed meats.

My latest Training121 article, designed for footballers: training121.com/post/what-to-e… #sportsnutrition #football #soccer