Priyadarshini S

Nutrition Researcher

[Priyadarshini S @PriyadarSelva]

Excited that #ACTIVATOR is now an IUNS Task Force (2025–2029)! Grateful to collaborate with such a brilliant and diverse team committed to shaping the future of nutrition research.

[Sangeetha Shyam @sangishyam]

Just letting that sink in .. #ACTIVATOR got picked among the 5 IUNS Task Forces 2025 -2029. With my amazing team: Dr Amutha Ramadas, Mahenderan, @GeokPei , @dvnielmd @PriyadarSelva Jessica Rigutto, Carl Lachat, Patrick Kolesteren, Sumaira Nasim, Kitti S, Judiastuthy & team

[ICMR - National Institute of Nutrition @ICMRNIN]

Dr Bharati Kulkarni (@BKulkarni_nin ) who assumed office as the new Director addressed the staff of the Institute today and elucidated her vision and priority areas of work in alignment with @ICMRDELHI ‘s action plan towards #ViksitBharat2047

@MoHFW_INDIA @DeptHealthRes

[Sangeetha Shyam @sangishyam]

The ACTIVATOR with @PriyadarSelva, & @GeokPei welcomed 5 young Asian nutr researchers today. Coming from India, Lebanon, Malaysia, Pakistan & Singapore with interests in epid, food environment, precision nutr & public health they are such as wonderful bunch. So hopeful for Asia👏

[Sangeetha Shyam @sangishyam]

Thanks Prof @JanetCade for giving us an opportunity to share ACTIVATOR with the #NEG at Leeds. Always a pleasure to interact with a group that is so engaged, involved and aware. Tq

[Dr SubbaRao M Gavaravarapu @gmsubbarao]

An outcome of our team effort. Explore and provide your feedback
#nutritionatlas #nutritioncommunication

[ThePrintIndia @ThePrintIndia]

Around 11% Indians are estimated to be diabetic & even more, prediabetic. Watch Dr V Mohan, Chairman, Madras Diabetes Research Foundation & diabetes researcher M Ramya Bai in this episode of #HealthAndYou with @sumisukanya to understand the crisis.

https://t.co/jqpOOOf3jT

[Dr SubbaRao M Gavaravarapu @gmsubbarao]

Don’t miss this powerful short video by team @ICMRNIN on #PrioritiseNutrition
#WorldFoodDay2024 #WorldFoodDay
@kriti @IshaniGhotikar and team
@LetsFixOurFood

[Sneha Rout @sneha_r12]

I’m excited to share the cover of the book as I receive my first author copies. Inmates of Voices - A Public Health Narrative, uses poetry to lend voices to those that go unheard, offering hope and empowerment for an equitable world.
#Poetryinpublichealth
#SocialJustice

[Dr SubbaRao M Gavaravarapu @gmsubbarao]

Celebrating Dr. Bamji’s 90th birthday, a trailblazer in Indian nutrition science. Still active in community work and touched many lives in Medak. A true inspiration. She deserves Padma for her lifelong dedication! @PMOIndia @narendramodi @JPNadda @kishanreddybjp @revanth_anumula

[Sangeetha Shyam @sangishyam]

Pleased to introduce the ACTIVATOR project team. The team includes early, middle & senior-career researchers from academia & research institutes. Their expertise includes nutritional sciences, clinical nutrition, public health nutrition, evidence synthesis & meta-research.

[Sangeetha Shyam @sangishyam]

It is a pleasure to introduce the ACTIVATOR project ( Asian Decadal Nutrition Evaluation, Reflection and Benchmarking: Galvanizing Efforts for Future with @JessicaRigutto @carllachat @Priya13_selva and @dvnielmd. Revealing the team and details soon https://t.co/uoaF5ZETLN

[Dr SubbaRao M Gavaravarapu @gmsubbarao]

Years of hard work, meetings, agreements, disagreements, discussions all to bring out 17 science-based practicable guidelines. Happy, humbled & proud to have been part of the Committee. Stand outs are definition of HFSS Foods, #FoodLabel Reading as a guideline.
Thanks @ICMRNIN

[Dr.Mohan's Diabetes @DMDSC]

Join us for Dr. Mohan's Mega Diabetes Expo 2024 in Hyderabad!!

🗓 Date: May 26, 2024

📍 Venue: JRC Conventions & Trade Fairs, Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad

For more details and registration: https://t.co/q8y14TGfpY

[ICMR - National Institute of Nutrition @ICMRNIN]

A multi-stakeholder workshop to review & validate the content of Nutrition Atlas 2.0 web application developed & soon to be launched by NIN. Dr Hemalatha R, @nindirector inaugurated the workshop
@ICMRDELHI @DeptHealthRes @MoHFW_INDIA @fssaiindia @NIRDPR_India @icarindia

[Dr SubbaRao M Gavaravarapu @gmsubbarao]

Happy to share this opinion piece published in @the_hindu today co-authored with dear friend and economist @RijoMJohn. We argue why taxing unhealthy foods is a public health imperative.
@ICMRNIN @ICMRDELHI @LetsFixOurFood

[IndiaBioscience.org @IndiaBioscience]

Did you get a chance to read the recently-published @IndiaBioscience YI Survey Report? 📑

https://t.co/vrK7dDZURU

Some key highlights of the Survey Demographics here. 👇

(1/8) 🧵

[European Journal of Clinical Nutrition @ejcneditor]

This perspective article argues that #Foodporn need not necessarily be negative. It can perhaps prime healthy eating too. @gmsubbarao @ICMRNIN @ICMRDelhi https://t.co/t8iF1y3aHK

[Dr SubbaRao M Gavaravarapu @gmsubbarao]

I believe that the key to make #NutritionLiteracy Work for Children lies not in bombarding messages to them but in Communication, Collaborations & Cross-Sector Conversations. My article in @NewIndianXpress
https://t.co/MyTWhbDeRD

@ICMRNIN @ICMRDELHI @santwana99 @LetsFixOurFood

[TheLiverDoc™ @theliverdoc]

📣Sugar is more terrifying than alcohol 📢

Sugar does not come with labelled warnings
Consumption of sugar can start at any age
Sugar is available everywhere in many forms
Sugar comes hidden in many forms
People are often misled on "healthy sugars"
There is no stigma attached to sugar consumption

Sugar does to the liver what alcohol does too

From children to adults, "Sugar is the new Alcohol"

This beautiful review in @HepCommJournal on "sugar-related liver disease" is maddeningly important

The Impact and Burden of Dietary Sugars on the Liver: https://t.co/GknarRf9Lx

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease or NAFLD (new term: metabolic-dysfunction related steatotic liver disease or MASLD) has multiple causes - BUT - the most important of those, is dietary intake of added sugars.

And the most dangerous of the lot?
Fructose - yes, not sucrose (or table sugar)

Glucose is metabolized by all cells in the body
Fructose is metabolized mostly in liver
Fructose is MORE lipogenic than glucose - meaning it can increase fat formation much higher than glucose inside the liver.

Fructose is particularly problematic since it is the sweetest tasting natural sugar, 1.2–2.0 times sweeter than table sugar. The consumption of fructose has increased by 30% in the last 40 years and by 500% over the last century due to the increased consumption of processed foods/sugar-sweetened drinks.

More fats form inside liver cells, liver cell function gets affected, inflammation inside liver starts, glucose sensitivity reduce, insulin secretion and resistance increase and more glucose forms leading to "hyperglycemia" (as seen in diabetes)

Added sugars in diet play central role in onset and progression of NAFLD.

Recommended intake of added sugars: <5% of total calorie intake! - i.e., 25g or 100 calories in a 2000 calorie per day diet.

Worst of the lot: SSBs or sugar-sweetened beverages, desserts and sweet snacks (bakery and confectionary) and honey - has sugars in form of sucrose, high fructose corn syrup and natural fructose.

Sugar affects body beyond liver too:
- In brain, triggering of reward pathway, promoting "pleasantly excessive" calorie intake - "cant stop eating sugary stuff" feeling - obesity!

- fructose increases appetite by increasing ghrelin (the "hunger" hormone) - "eat more sugar"

- added sugars have habit-forming properties similar to alcohol, tobacco, cocaine, and caffeine

- In muscle - increases muscle fat making muscles weaker and "low quality" - poor stamina/effort intolerance

- Increased risk of heart disease, high blood pressure, chornic kidney disease

Children (& adults) become unhealthy, have poor muscle quality, are more stressed, develop obesity, fatty liver disease and chronic liver disease, various metabolic illnesses, have high risk for cancers and have poor performance overall - just because of SUGAR.

But is all fructose bad? Like those in fruits?
No. Whole fruits contain fiber and antioxidants, which may protect against the harmful metabolic effects of sugar consumption - have whole fruits/ cut fruits rather than fresh juices or packaged fruit juices.

When children and adults go on a low added sugar diet, especially low fructose diet, liver functions, cardiac health, performance status, overall well being improves drastically.

Remember, sugar is the new alcohol, but without warnings.

[ICMR - National Institute of Nutrition @ICMRNIN]

Hearty Congratulations to Dr SubbaRao M Gavaravarapu (@gmsubbarao) on his achievement.

@ICMRDELHI @DeptHealthRes @MoHFW_INDIA @NINDirector