This Week in Nutrition #TWIN

T.W.I.N.
(This Week In Nutrition)

#TWIN, August 6, 2018
 
Ok, this is a *bit* of a stretch from nutrition, but I think it's fun! If you've been following the #inmyfeelingschallenge on social media, I think the one below might be the winner. These farmers dance it out- the creator, Sriram Srikanth directed the video for his YouTube channel My Village Show. Check it out below (above the links)! As usual, send comments, questions, or good reads to contact@thenutritionwonk.com. 
 
Katherine
 
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Gut Microbial Carbohydrate Metabolism Hinders Weight Loss in Overweight Adults Undergoing Lifestyle Intervention With a Volumetric DietThe rising incidence of obesity requires the reevaluation of our current therapeutic strategies to optimize patient outcomes. The objective of this st...

The rise of the body neutrality movement: 'If you're fat, you don't have to hate yourself'When Stephanie Yeboah was 12 years old, she was put on a diet and began restricting herself to 300 calories a day. People told her she would be so pretty, if only she could lose weight. By her early 20s, a preoccupation with counting calories had led to a devastating pattern of disordered eating.

A tiny tweak to sugar is about to make the world's sweets a lot healthierThe surprising truth about cake is that it's astonishingly inefficient. So are lollipops, pies, sticks of gum, and cookies, each an imperfect vehicle used to deliver the sweet sensation people crave. And these foods are loaded with sugar. Lots of it.

Here's Why It's So Impossible to Get Reliable Diet Advice From the NewsLook at any newspaper, magazine, or website in a given week and you are likely to encounter some coverage of new studies on diet. Fat might be good for you this week, and coffee is bad. Or maybe, fat is bad, and coffee is good.

Anti-livestock rhetoric in wealthy west impacts poor nations - Alliance for ScienceFifteen or so people (directors, scientists, donor agents and advocacy and communications experts) are meeting in Nairobi this week to review a two-year project funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and led by the International Livestock Research Institute to advance Global Livestock Advocacy for Development (GLAD).

How scientists are hijacking plant skeletons to make "clean meat" steaksI'm videochatting with Dr. Glenn Gaudette at his biomedical engineering laboratory at the Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Massachusetts, when he swings the camera around to show me his lab's pride and joy. Ghost-like spinach leaves hang dripping in individual plexiglass chambers.

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Another seasonal joy- going fruit picking! Blueberries straight from the bush is a great way to eat local AND very fresh! Share your food, nutrition, and science photos with #NutritionWonk on Instagram!

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