Alexa Barad, PhD, MS, RD

Postdoc @StanfordMed, dietitian. Alum: Cornell @CornellNutri, UF @UFCALS, TAMU @aglifesciences

[Alexa Barad, PhD, MS, RD @AlexaBarad]

Excited to share findings from my PhD work published in @AJCNutrition! As Dr. Hennigar noted in his editorial—“Findings from this study reframe how we think about dietary Fe requirements and build evidence for more precise Fe intake and supplementation guidelines”. Links below!👇

[Alexa Barad, PhD, MS, RD @AlexaBarad]

Infinitely grateful as well for the guidance and support from Drs. @tassimes, @GardnerPhD and Marcia Stefanick — thank you all!

[Alexa Barad, PhD, MS, RD @AlexaBarad]

Thrilled to share that I’ve been awarded an AHA Postdoc Fellowship! So grateful for the support and honored to have the opportunity to advance my research in precision nutrition for CVD prevention. Huge thanks to my mentor @ShoaClarke and collaborators for their guidance! 🫀🧬

[Kaixiong Ye @yekaixiong]

It is a major PhD project of @YitangS. I am very excited to see this work out. I learned so much about the genetics of circulating fatty acids. This is a solid foundation for more research to come regarding gene-diet interactions for omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids.

[Alexa Barad, PhD, MS, RD @AlexaBarad]

Huge thanks to @KCKlatt for having us on the @AJCNutrition 🎙️ to chat about the FeGenes study! Stay tuned for our next paper on the genetics of Fe absorption in this cohort, in collaboration with @yekaixiong. Exciting steps towards precision nutrition! https://t.co/ZPvqqz0ytb

[Kevin C. Klatt, PhD, RD @KCKlatt]

Fortunate to contribute to this edition of @AnnualReviews and the timing couldn't be more serendipitous as nutrition is at the forefront of many folks' minds and there is active conversations about what future Dietary Guidelines should look like.

In this review, I detail a history of nutritional guidance in the USA, how it evolved over time and the factors that contributed to its evolution. My hope is that the review is both useful to newcomers to the field as well as experts and that it can inform productive conversations about what the future of nutrition guidance should look like.

https://t.co/9ViXkvzTjJ

[Tim L. Assimes, MD PhD @tassimes]

A healthy lifestyle free of smoking and full of aerobic activity not only reduces the overall risk of heart disease but also the chances of dying from your first event, should you have one. Project led by my gifted mentee @estella_chen_

[Tim L. Assimes, MD PhD @tassimes]

The Million Veteran Program is the @DeptVetAffairs' gift that keeps on giving...critical clues to the etiology and treatment of coronary disease, the #1 cause of death worldwide. Thank you U.S. Veterans and program leadership for making this possible. Let's keep it going!

[Kevin C. Klatt, PhD, RD @KCKlatt]

Roses are Red
Anthocyanins are Blue
Ignore Most Nutrition Headlines
For a Healthier You

#Valentines #ValentinesDay

[Kevin C. Klatt, PhD, RD @KCKlatt]

New prospective cohort in @AJCNutrition relevant to the seed oil debates:

adipose linoleic acid (% total fatty acids; marker of longer term intake) in the Diet Cancer and Health danish cohort is inversely related to all cause morality (21yr follow up). Arachidonic acid levels tended to be associated with increased risk.

As expected, high adipose linoleic acid is related to high vegetable oil intake. Linoleic acid levels & vegetable oil intake were not correlated with adipose arachidonic acid levels.

Somewhat limited by only a single baseline biopsy but nevertheless supportive of other cohorts using measures of linoleic acid intake (eg RBC linoleic) as well as feeding trials that the simplistic model of high linoleic intake -> arachidonic acid enrichment in membranes -> inflammation/disease is too simplistic.

https://t.co/VuoTMYc5pU

[Alexa Barad, PhD, MS, RD @AlexaBarad]

@NikkiMisnerRD @RachaKhalafMD Congrats Nikki!! 🙌🏼👏🏼

[Alexa Barad, PhD, MS, RD @AlexaBarad]

@AndreaKrenek Thank you 🥹🫶🏼

[Alexa Barad, PhD, MS, RD @AlexaBarad]

Excited to share findings from my PhD work published in @AJCNutrition! As Dr. Hennigar noted in his editorial—“Findings from this study reframe how we think about dietary Fe requirements and build evidence for more precise Fe intake and supplementation guidelines”. Links below!👇

[Alexa Barad, PhD, MS, RD @AlexaBarad]

@ProfWhelan @AJCNutrition Thank you!! 🙏🏼

[Alexa Barad, PhD, MS, RD @AlexaBarad]

@GalSaffatiMD @bcm_urology Felicidades!! 👏🏼

[Alexa Barad, PhD, MS, RD @AlexaBarad]

Incredibly thankful to all FeGenes study participants, my mentors, and co-authors! 🙏🏼

[Alexa Barad, PhD, MS, RD @AlexaBarad]

And the news report on our research: https://t.co/2Gh6hB0Vod

[Alexa Barad, PhD, MS, RD @AlexaBarad]

This is the news report on our recently published work in @AJCNutrition!

[Cornell Chronicle @CornellNews]

Too much iron: New @CornellCHE research shows that people of East Asian ancestry have greater risk of elevated iron stores than those of Northern European ancestry, putting them at higher risk of heart disease and other conditions. @AJCNutrition @lreiley https://t.co/JWFqow9QRM

[Stanford Department of Medicine @StanfordDeptMed]

Catch up with the latest recording of #StanDOM's recent Medical Grand Rounds presentation, "Communicating What to Eat – To Netflix or Not," with Stanford Prevention Research Center's @GardnerPhD. https://t.co/S1XJ17Hwiw