Biochem Nutrition

[Nutrition Immune RIS @NutImmRIS]

@FASEBorg #NMII #NMI_SRC Nutritional Modulation of Inflammation and Immunity https://t.co/YnhmNRqKvt Happening this coming week Aug 3-6 in Niagara Falls, NY, USA #nutrition #immunity #inflammation

[Eric Topol @EricTopol]

Less protein, more lifespan!
A comprehensive review of the merits of protein restriction for healthy aging
A flip from the proteinmaxxing craze
"https://t.co/qJ5vcgq988

[Biochem Nutrition @HNF820]

Whoa!

[Nutrition Immune RIS @NutImmRIS]

If you aren't from Canada and you bring your passport, you can venture over to the SkyWheel in Ontario https://t.co/NdvSIawzgo

[Biochem Nutrition @HNF820]

Hope to see many fellow #immunologists and #biochemNutrition and #nutrition folks there!

[Nutrition Immune RIS @NutImmRIS]

Join us in #NiagaraFalls for the @FASEBorg Nutritional Modulation of Inflammation and Immunity #NMII #NMI_SRC #NMII_SRC conference https://t.co/YnhmNRqKvt There is still time to register!

[Biochem Nutrition @HNF820]

This year @NutImmRIS heads to #NiagaraFalls in New York State for our @FASEBorg conference -- Nutritional Modulation of #Inflammation and #Immunity -- Join us! Aug 3-6. Register here: https://t.co/jur17dwtM8

[Laxmi Yeruva @LaxmiYeruva]

Nutritional Immunology Conference at Melbourne, Florida. Gorgeous location with beach view. Interested in Kennedy Space Center visit, 1 hr drive to the conference venue. @NutImmRIS #NIAL @FASEBorg . Registration is closing on June 18th, trainee awards will be available.

[Biochem Nutrition @HNF820]

@NutImmRIS @FASEBorg Excited to be participating in this conference!

[Nutrition Immune RIS @NutImmRIS]

Register for the #NMII @FASEBorg Nutritional Modulation of Inflammation & Immunity Meeting https://t.co/bJqGFPIrUV #nutrition #inflammation #health

[Undergrad Research @UR_at_MSU]

Get your MidSURE materials in!! Tomorrow is the LAST DAY change requests will be considered!
✅Tip: have your posters printed and ready!

#MSU #UndergradResearch #MSUevents #MidSURE2026

[Biochem Nutrition @HNF820]

#inflammation #nutrition Want to learn more? Consider attending the Nutritional Modulation of Inflammation & Immunity @FASEBorg conference in early August. https://t.co/YK7zMlWRq7 There is still time to register!

[William A. Wallace, Ph.D. @WilliamWallace]

Fermented foods lowered inflammation over 17 weeks. Adding more fiber did neither.

That's the finding from a Stanford randomized trial, and it should reframe how we think about feeding the gut.

Researchers assigned healthy adults to one of two microbiome-targeted diets, high-fiber or high-fermented-food, and ran deep immune and microbiome profiling across 17 weeks. The expectation going in was intuitive: fiber feeds your bacteria, so more of it should mean a healthier microbiome and lower inflammation.

That's not what happened.

The high-fiber group's inflammatory markers stayed flat. Its primary immune outcome, a composite cytokine response score, was unchanged from start to finish. And microbial diversity, one of the more reliable markers of gut resilience, held steady rather than rising.
The fermented-food group moved both. Inflammation declined steadily across the trial. Diversity climbed.

Fiber feeds bacteria the substrate they can digest. The study captured a signature of exactly this - i.e., the microbiome's glycan-degrading enzyme capacity rose while overall diversity stayed flat, consistent with the existing community upregulating rather than broadening

Fermented foods appear to do something structurally different. Live microbes plus the metabolic byproducts of fermentation seem to expand diversity directly, rather than by feeding what's already there. Greater diversity tracks with lower inflammatory load, and the fermented arm moved that lever while the fiber arm did not.
One detail worth sitting with: fiber wasn't inert for everyone. High-fiber consumers split into three distinct immune trajectories, and which one you landed in tracked your baseline microbiome diversity. Fiber's effect was contingent on the gut that received it. People starting with more diverse microbiomes likely respond differently than this average suggests.

Limitations:
Eighteen people per arm, healthy adults, 17 weeks. Inflammatory markers are intermediate biology, not clinical endpoints. Fiber's metabolic and cardiovascular benefits are established on separate, far larger evidence, and this trial doesn't touch them.

But for the specific job of moving the microbiome and inflammation, piling on more fiber wasn't the lever. The fermented foods, however, moved the needle.

Wastyk, Sonnenburg et al., Cell 2021.

[William A. Wallace, Ph.D. @WilliamWallace]

Fermented foods lowered inflammation over 17 weeks. Adding more fiber did neither.

That's the finding from a Stanford randomized trial, and it should reframe how we think about feeding the gut.

Researchers assigned healthy adults to one of two microbiome-targeted diets, high-fiber or high-fermented-food, and ran deep immune and microbiome profiling across 17 weeks. The expectation going in was intuitive: fiber feeds your bacteria, so more of it should mean a healthier microbiome and lower inflammation.

That's not what happened.

The high-fiber group's inflammatory markers stayed flat. Its primary immune outcome, a composite cytokine response score, was unchanged from start to finish. And microbial diversity, one of the more reliable markers of gut resilience, held steady rather than rising.
The fermented-food group moved both. Inflammation declined steadily across the trial. Diversity climbed.

Fiber feeds bacteria the substrate they can digest. The study captured a signature of exactly this - i.e., the microbiome's glycan-degrading enzyme capacity rose while overall diversity stayed flat, consistent with the existing community upregulating rather than broadening

Fermented foods appear to do something structurally different. Live microbes plus the metabolic byproducts of fermentation seem to expand diversity directly, rather than by feeding what's already there. Greater diversity tracks with lower inflammatory load, and the fermented arm moved that lever while the fiber arm did not.
One detail worth sitting with: fiber wasn't inert for everyone. High-fiber consumers split into three distinct immune trajectories, and which one you landed in tracked your baseline microbiome diversity. Fiber's effect was contingent on the gut that received it. People starting with more diverse microbiomes likely respond differently than this average suggests.

Limitations:
Eighteen people per arm, healthy adults, 17 weeks. Inflammatory markers are intermediate biology, not clinical endpoints. Fiber's metabolic and cardiovascular benefits are established on separate, far larger evidence, and this trial doesn't touch them.

But for the specific job of moving the microbiome and inflammation, piling on more fiber wasn't the lever. The fermented foods, however, moved the needle.

Wastyk, Sonnenburg et al., Cell 2021.

[Nutrition Immune RIS @NutImmRIS]

There is still time to register for the Nutritional Modulation of Inflammation & Immunity @FASEBorg conference. #NMII #NMII_SRC2026 #inflammation #immunity #nutrition #immunology #diet #metabolism #microbiota https://t.co/YnhmNRqKvt

[Nutrition Immune RIS @NutImmRIS]

Full agenda here: https://t.co/YnhmNRqKvt #NMII #NMII_SRC2026 @FASEBorg

[Undergrad Research @UR_at_MSU]

Don't miss out on this amazing opportunity!! Scan the QR code for more info and to register!

#MSU #UndergradResearch #StudentOpportunities #MSUEvents #MidSURE2026

[Nutrition Immune RIS @NutImmRIS]

Do you have #nutrition and #immunology research to #publish? Consider publishing in ACS Nutrition Science @ACSPublications Thanks for your sponsorship! #NMII #NMII_SRC2026 @FASEBorg

https://t.co/i1MU8iFIex

[Lyman Briggs College - MSU @lymanbriggs]

Last month, Lyman Briggs College held our annual Research Showcase featuring undergraduate research in a wide range of disciplines. Thank you to all the participants and judges, and thanks to MSUFCU for sponsoring the monetary awards.

To read more, visit https://t.co/6FxqHQuhFb

[Biochem Nutrition @HNF820]

MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY'S @michiganstateu
STUDENT LED RESEARCH JOURNAL. Student Papers in Academic Research Collaborative (SPARC)

[Undergrad Research @UR_at_MSU]

Hey undergrads! 🎉 You’re invited to SPARC’s annual symposium—don’t miss out on this exciting event! ✨
RSVP to SPARC to grab your seat!

[Biochem Nutrition @HNF820]

Sci Fest @michiganstateu Reach out and grab bacteria Saturday, April 18, noon-4pm, BPS https://t.co/33tiN7igtH

[Biochem Nutrition @HNF820]

A review article from the same issue: https://t.co/yACKA5jWed

"Application of large language models in medicine"

[Biochem Nutrition @HNF820]

A short editorial:
https://t.co/Xoo5P7DFsK

though, I feel I've heard the title somewhere before....

[Biochem Nutrition @HNF820]

@michiganstateu

[Undergrad Research @UR_at_MSU]

Missed UURAF 2026 Priority Registration? 😅 Don't worry! Late registration is open now through 3/12!
#UURAF #MSU #UndergradResearch