Julia Belluz
@juliaoftoronto
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Health journalist, contributing opinion writer @nytimes. Formerly @voxdotcom, @MIT Knight Fellow etc. [email protected] Book: https://t.co/F0UrpthF3C
Paris, France
Joined September 2009
Many moons ago, @KevinH_PhD and I talked about a book we both wished existed. No fads, no weight loss hacks—just the nutrition and metabolism science. I’m thrilled to announce that we wrote it! Out September 23 @Avery_Books & available now for pre-order.
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“Food Intelligence dispels many popular myths we have about weight loss and breaks down the real drivers of the obesity crisis based on decades of research. I really hope everyone gets...
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A nice summary of the evidence on optimal protein intake from the always insightful @EricTopol.
@nntaleb @KevinH_PhD @maxflowminclout @juliaoftoronto @mackinprof Link Graph below for 12 randomized trials comparing protein intake plus resistance training vs resistance training alone in people 50+. there was no difference and no heterogeneity of results (i.e. they are very consistent)
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Blazing-fast image creation – using just your voice. Try Grok Imagine.
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A superb @KevinH_PhD interview about our forthcoming book Food Intelligence. Thanks @SarahLizChar @statnews for reading! .
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'They’re not interested in the science': Former NIH nutrition scientist Kevin Hall on how his work with MAHA fell apart.
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Friends in the UK: For the rest of July, you get 25% off when you preorder Food Intelligence (my book with.@KevinH_PhD) @Waterstones @Wildfirebks .
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RT @KevinH_PhD: For the rest of July, folks in the UK get 25% off when they preorder Food Intelligence (my book with @juliaoftoronto) at @W….
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Meet Romulus & Remus—the world’s first de-extinct animals brought back from extinction using DNA from 72,000-year-old fossils. Follow to watch these dire wolves grow and to discover the next species we’re working to bring back.
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ICYMI. New book with the great @KevinH_PhD coming soon!. And a bit here about the book's backstory here: .
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RT @CaulfieldTim: It's not seed oil, food dye, or access to supplements. Justice. Equity. Education. Why do ageing rates vary by country?….
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Nature - Social inequality and the decay of democratic institutions are linked to accelerated ageing — but education seems to slow the process.
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RT @KevinH_PhD: “It’s frustrating to see the enormous political capital of the MAHA movement expended on actions like the proposed product….
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RT @deirdre_tobias: It is exceedingly rare to find a nutrition book that actually belongs in the non-fiction section. this is one of them:….
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RT @KevinH_PhD: I’m excited to announce my new book FOOD INTELLIGENCE coauthored with brilliant journalist @juliaoftoronto! Cutting through….
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Removing & replacing some synthetic chemicals in food is unlikely to make a dent in rising rates of chronic diseases. There's also so much we have yet to understand about how the food environment sickens us. Without careful science, we're left hand-waving about hunches.
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New oped alert: Lax regulation of food additives is a real problem serious people worry about. But let's not lose sight of the big picture. Junk food is cheap, ubiquitous, and heavily advertised, while healthy food, relatively hard to come by.
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A handshake deal with the food industry will never be enough.
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RT @elizabarclay: . aren’t tested for more subtle effects on long-term health, or whether they may increase the risk of the other common c….
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A handshake deal with the food industry will never be enough.
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RT @MaritKolby: "What’s already clear: A handshake deal with the food industry will never be enough".🙏 @juliaoftoronto. .
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A handshake deal with the food industry will never be enough.
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RT @Avery_Books: When it comes to chemicals in the American food supply, “Kennedy may be sloppy on the details, but his diagnosis of the br….
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A handshake deal with the food industry will never be enough.
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RT @KevinH_PhD: "Without such careful science, Mr. Kennedy and others are left hand-waving about hunches. In this toxic soup of unknowns, i….
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RT @rickberke: With the news that Kevin Hall, a leading nutrition scientist, has left the NIH amid his complaints of censorship, this excel….
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Kevin Hall’s research at the NIH presents an existential challenge to the food industry, but he's asking the food industry to work with him.
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“We experienced what amounts to censorship and controlling of the reporting of our science,” @KevinH_PhD said. “That would make me hate my job every day." Good (but sad) story by @alicegcallahan .
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Kevin Hall said his work on ultraprocessed foods has been “hobbled” under the Trump administration. Scientists have been raising such concerns for months.
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RT @DBelardoMD: Sad to hear @KevinH_PhD is leaving NIH, but couldn’t be more excited for what’s next. The most brilliant scientist in the w….
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