Kevin Whelan

Professor of Dietetics, Department of Nutritional Sciences, King's College London.
All about the evidence. Nutrition science not nutrition nonsense.

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@mancunianmedic Happy times staying at that campsite. It must have been perfect! Not like 40 degree sweltering Paris where I currently am!

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Check out this podcast I recorded with @ProfCCollins about diet and constipation based upon our recent @BDA_Dietitians Guidelines

https://t.co/X3PyRJnAIj

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@mancunianmedic Many happy childhood memories of swimming in the river at Appletreewick.

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@mancunianmedic Lovely photo! Burnsall?

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@RD_Catherine @IHPower 🤣🤣 love this story Catherine!

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@danni_dietitian @hmstaudacher @JaneaneDart @ProfCCollins @Prof_NickTalley @_sam_forster_ @EleanorJBeck @emadelomar @HoldGeorgina @Alice_APD My technique was OK apparently! Which will be a surprise to my rugby teacher from School!

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Last week saw the end of my stay in Melbourne 🇦🇺
3 months has flown by with visits to Adelaide, Newcastle & Sydney

Unforgettable memories, new (and old) friendships, and more research collaborations than I can count! The only low point was Delta coming 4th!

Thank you everyone!

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Last week I visited the amazing city of Sydney!

Spent the day at University of New South Wales, @UNSW, gave a lecture at @MRC_microbiome and tour of amazing facilities with @HoldGeorgina @emadelomar @EleanorJBeck @marijkajb

And not forgetting dinner with the most amazing view!

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@belkacemi94692 Quite difficult to see from photos but think it is looking at who gets better on a low FODMAP (with IBS??). So different population and different intervention. But similar theory. Who gets symptoms with some CHO (our study) vs who gets better with some CHO removal (that study)

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Why do some people develop bloating with some carbohydrates?

We examined clinical, diet, microbiome & meta-transcriptome in those bloating induced by either:

Fructans ➡️Abdominal girth, F:B ratio, CAZyme
GOS ➡️Breath H2, GABA

Paper @AmJGastro
https://t.co/1SCR7jfe3v
#DDW2026

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@Dalal_Alkazemi @AmJGastro @TheGutHealthDoc @BleneveLe @julientap @Danone @bda_gastro Thanks Dalal!

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@Prof_NickTalley Congratulations Nick! Im sure it be incredible. Sorry to miss it.

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What happens to undigested protein in the gut?

Super review of protein handling in the gut, and in particular in the colon.

Read the full paper by @RobVBryant @Alice_APD

https://t.co/M4y87sVXGO

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Had the pleasure of visiting colleagues and friends at University of Newcastle (Australia not UK!)

Campus tour, seminar and research meetings with @ProfCCollins and @Prof_NickTalley and their amazing research teams.

Thank you!

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Baseline diet may affect the effectiveness of probiotics and prebiotics

@ProfWhelan, @GenelleLunken, @hmstaudacher, @MariaLMarco & colleagues provide best practices for designing better clinical trials of probiotics and prebiotics:

https://t.co/UCyMpXDsyf

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@Leicnut Congratulations 🙌🏽 have a great retirement

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Working night shifts makes type 2 diabetes harder to manage.

A @kingsmedicine study on healthcare workers in the UK paints a clear picture of the difficulties night shift workers encounter in maintaining a healthy diet.

https://t.co/fKKvzjZ11I @DUK_research @DiabetesUK

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Spent last week in Adelaide visiting @BHIresearch & @RoyalAdelHosp to hear their amazing translational research, and present my own research on diet and microbiome in gut disease

Plus socials with @Alice_APD @danni_dietitian @DocKateLynch in Adelaide Hills🍷& Adelaide Fringe🕺

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@MonashNutrition Thank you!
I’m excited to be here with you 😊

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@Dalal_Alkazemi @MonashSTM @MonashNutrition @hmstaudacher @JaneaneDart Thank you Dalal!

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Fantastic start to my sabbatical in Melbourne!
Here visiting @MonashSTM and @MonashNutrition with two stellar academics @hmstaudacher and @JaneaneDart
Plus nice photo of Sir John Monash in the background!
Excited for the next 3 months of learning and collaboration