Lara Zakaria PharmD MS CNS IFMCP

Pharmacist turned #NutritionNerd 🤓 Nutritionist🥑 FxMed 📚 Advocate 📣 Snowboarder🏂Animal lover 🐱 Astrology geek ♎ Less drugs, More Veggies 🥦🍆🍓🥕🍒

[Lara Zakaria PharmD MS CNS IFMCP @FoodieFarmacist]

I've been at organizations and sat on boards where the seat was made of straw.

Unsurprisingly, these organizations lacked structures that encouraged women to make any real changes - but rather demanded we prove our value.

They failed to recognize that o…https://t.co/teQkfgFU6u

[Lara Zakaria PharmD MS CNS IFMCP @FoodieFarmacist]

Great piece written by my colleague and friend M. A. Isreb, FACP, FASN, IFMCP founder of Integrative Kidney Institute

Maybe it's because the complexities of the organ, but it is unmistakable that Kidney disease is underrepresented in the integrative med…https://t.co/aI6F4WlxQU

[Lara Zakaria PharmD MS CNS IFMCP @FoodieFarmacist]

I can't say I'm surprised that they found a link between the microbiome and autism 😉.

But nonetheless I'm excited to see some progress in mapping the microbial "signiture" ...

"... finding a unique microbial signature in autistic individuals that coul…https://t.co/3205wUhP9N

[Lara Zakaria PharmD MS CNS IFMCP @FoodieFarmacist]

Good opportunity to share two updates my nutrition-nerdy colleagues might find interesting 🤓

1. The American Nutrition Association® (ANA) has an excellent continuing education course for clinicians interested in learning personalized nutrition 🙌🏽

2.…https://t.co/Q3IaWD6sNL

[Lara Zakaria PharmD MS CNS IFMCP @FoodieFarmacist]

Excited to see the topic of ultra-processed food gain some traction and much needed media attention!

Thank you Dr @PhD_Leigh for representing GWU and the movement towards awareness so well!

Read the article at https://t.co/nc3qNEoWie

#ultraprocessedf…https://t.co/pKAbvW8EQt

[Lara Zakaria PharmD MS CNS IFMCP @FoodieFarmacist]

There might be a better way to predict insulin resistance (IR)

I've been doing a deeper dive into thyroid hormone as the "master metabolic hormone" and all the nuances of suboptimal thyroid.

And I ran into this study published in…https://t.co/oU98fCkqXz https://t.co/8PeEmJzSzV

[Lara Zakaria PharmD MS CNS IFMCP @FoodieFarmacist]

I'll be guest host on this educational webinar opportunity featuring Kiran Krishnan from Microbiome Labs with Functional Medicine CE

👉🏽 Register here to join us live Tuesday https://t.co/aiCOw6Cfxz

#microbiome #guthealth #functionalmedicine #pharmacists https://t.co/Q1bTTxapYb

[Lara Zakaria PharmD MS CNS IFMCP @FoodieFarmacist]

New study demonstrates effectiveness of plant-based diet for reversing T2DM:

"This study highlights the promising potential for a plant-predominant diet to confer immediate and long-term benefits with reduction of microvascular an…https://t.co/dGASMifmCS https://t.co/zRm9b56nyh

[Lara Zakaria PharmD MS CNS IFMCP @FoodieFarmacist]

Exciting step in the right direction. WDYT?

Yale University School of Medicine is bridging the gap between practical applications of Nutrition and culinary skills and food access.

"In his course Defining “Healthy”: Culinary Medicine for Chronic Disease…https://t.co/RvCEIa3yrc

[Lara Zakaria PharmD MS CNS IFMCP @FoodieFarmacist]

Great post Tim Frie 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 https://t.co/VAFm3vFNcI

[Lara Zakaria PharmD MS CNS IFMCP @FoodieFarmacist]

HUGE koodos to my friend and fellow CNS Alexandria DeVito on the launch of her book "9 Months is Not Enough" 🥳🎉

Alexandria is the founder of Poplin and all around a brilliant and certified badass in the space of preconception and FxMed approach to fert…https://t.co/oYz0r4KOzt

[Lara Zakaria PharmD MS CNS IFMCP @FoodieFarmacist]

I'm excited to announce I've been recently invited to join the board of the Ocular Wellness & Nutrition Society (OWNS) to support their mission to expand personalized nutrition for eye health.

Their dedication to integrative wellness and innovation in n…https://t.co/o81csvSLHF

[Lara Zakaria PharmD MS CNS IFMCP @FoodieFarmacist]

Congratulations to my good friend, fellow nutrition nerd, brilliant optometrist, and true visionary Dr Neda Gioia OD, CNS, FOWNS, CFMP

For those of you interested in the intersection of Nutrition, Functional Medicine, and healthcare - I encourage you t…https://t.co/nr2Mg3LNHP

[Lara Zakaria PharmD MS CNS IFMCP @FoodieFarmacist]

Congratulations to the newly minted Global Food Institute at The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences and the newly appointed leadership 👉🏽 Drs @PhD_Leigh and Patrick Corr

"As members of the Global Food Institute's Lead…https://t.co/Fvt0sm9nTT

[Lara Zakaria PharmD MS CNS IFMCP @FoodieFarmacist]

Exercise might be one of the most powerful ways to enhance cognitive function and performance 👇🏽 https://t.co/R41ZQHNAef

[Lara Zakaria PharmD MS CNS IFMCP @FoodieFarmacist]

I've been talking about the gut-brain connection when it comes to depression and anxiety over the last year.

Great to see more research in this area. thanks for the great breakdown Richard Harris MD, PharmD, MBA 🤓 https://t.co/otpdp8pe78

[Lara Zakaria PharmD MS CNS IFMCP @FoodieFarmacist]

I'm on my way to IFM #AIC2023 ✈

If you're also there come say hi! Better yet, I'd love to see you during my talk on Thursday 🙌🏽 https://t.co/PqloGH4BDz

[Lara Zakaria PharmD MS CNS IFMCP @FoodieFarmacist]

Imagine if every business leader worked with communities so they could both thrive together.

When we talk about systemic challenges for food access ... here's one example where yogurt literally changed the story for a community. https://t.co/BO2dptVPDF

[Lara Zakaria PharmD MS CNS IFMCP @FoodieFarmacist]

Pssst were going live on another platform 🤫😉

But it's kinda a big deal... see I've been in cahoots with the The Better Nutrition Program on a 30-day Thyroid program 😬

AND it is coming and just in time for International Thyroid Day 🦋🎉

I'll be going…https://t.co/n5zw1fJpoO

[Lara Zakaria PharmD MS CNS IFMCP @FoodieFarmacist]

Completely agree with Ashley Koff RD here (read her comments)

For years those of us who recommended against the use of NNS were dismissed despite emerging evidence that they should be avoided.

"The recommendation is based on the findings of a systemati…https://t.co/AIssGR2uJ1