Sugarproof

Excited to share our new paper published yesterday in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition examining how infant formula carbohydrate source influences early glucose regulation.
 
Using continuous glucose monitoring in infants, we found that breastfed babies and babies fed lactose-based formula maintained a very stable blood glucose level throughout the day.
 
However, babies fed formulas containing corn syrup solids had much greater glycemic variability, including a subgroup of infants with particularly unstable glucose patterns with multiple daily spikes and crashes.
 
Importantly, these findings build on our prior work linking corn syrup–based formulas with increased obesity risk in early childhood and contribute to ongoing national discussions around infant formula composition and FDA modernization efforts through Operation Stork Speed.
 
This work highlights the importance of understanding not just how much infants eat — but how different nutrients may shape early metabolic development.
 
Grateful to the brave babies for wearing the monitors and the mums and dads who agreed to participate, and also to our incredible research team who collected and analyzed this data.
 
Link to Full Article in Bio
 
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When nutrition gets noisy, look at the strength of the evidence.

This graphic summarizes findings from umbrella reviews conducted for the Dietary Guidelines — synthesizing dozens of meta-analyses across major health outcomes.

High-certainty evidence shows:
• Highly processed foods → ↑ risk of type 2 diabetes, dementia, depression
• Sugar-sweetened beverages → ↑ dental caries
• Whole grains → ↓ mortality and cardiovascular disease

Moderate-certainty evidence links:
• Highly processed foods → ↑ obesity, cardiovascular disease, overall cancer
• Sugar-sweetened beverages → ↑ type 2 diabetes and weight gain

Diet beverages - ↑all cause mortality, cognitive issues

• Whole grains → ↓ colorectal cancer

Many associations show dose–response patterns — risk increases as intake increases.

The science isn’t perfect.
But the signal is consistent.

Fewer highly processed foods.
Fewer sugary/sweet drinks.
More whole grains.

This is where the evidence converges.






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Healthy eating doesn’t have to mean cooking everything from scratch.

Kitchen processing is about taking control back from factories and making simple, intentional choices at home.

Small changes. Big impact. Your choices, your kitchen.

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The latest Dietary Guidelines have sparked a lot of discussion around food — but the evidence base for beverages often gets overlooked.

During the Scientific Advisory process, I led an umbrella review pulling together meta-analyses on sugar-sweetened beverages, 100% fruit juice, and non-sugar-sweetened (“diet”) beverages to better understand their health impacts.

What we drink plays a bigger role in health than most people realize.

🔗 Full report available — link in bio