Nutritional Studies and Diet

Optimization-based dietary recommendations for healthy eating

This paper develops an optimization-based dietary recommendation approach to improve diet scores using simulated annealing and evaluates it on Diet-Microbiome Association study data.

Food pairing independently associated with cardiometabolic traits beyond dietary patterns across western and eastern populations

This study identifies food pairing patterns linked to cardiometabolic traits across populations, showing their independent association beyond single-food effects and dietary indices.

Dietaryindex: A User-Friendly and Versatile R Package for Standardizing Dietary Pattern Analysis in Epidemiological and Clinical Studies

The paper develops and validates dietaryindex, an R package for standardized dietary pattern analysis, showing full accuracy in calculations compared to manual and existing methods.

Nutritional redundancy in the human diet and its application in phenotype association studies

The paper identifies nutritional redundancy in dietary intake and shows its association with lower risks of cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes after adjusting for age.

Amino acid variability, tradeoffs and optimality in human diet

This study maps amino acid content in human diets, identifies health trade-offs, and constructs a Pareto front for optimal dietary protein intake.

Effect of MIND Diet Intervention on Cognitive Performance and Brain Structure in Healthy Obese Women: A Randomized Controlled Trial

This study investigates the effect of a MIND diet on cognitive performance and brain structure in healthy obese women, finding improvements in memory and attention and changes in brain morphology.

Contrasting Effects of Western vs. Mediterranean Diets on Monocyte Inflammatory Gene Expression and Social Behavior in a Primate Model

This study examines how Western and Mediterranean diets affect monocyte gene expression and social behavior in macaques, finding proinflammatory gene changes and behavioral differences.