BNR Ask me Anything about alcohol
Today I was a guest in BNR News Radio’s Ask me Anything, together with an expert in addictive behavior. Listeners could ask us anything related to alcohol and health.
January 2020
Lemon water is no superfood
Yesterday I was interviewed on the health effects of lemon water for an article at NU.nl. However, except maybe for seamen with scurvy a few centuries ago, lemon juice is no superfood. A glass of lemon water in the morning won’t help you burn fat or detox your body. Fortunately, there is also isn’t much harm in drinking lemon juice. It is low in sugar so it’s a healthy alternative over other fruit juices.
November 2019
Our research on plant-based eating at EFAD 2019
Great session on plant-based eating at the European Dietitians (EFAD) conference in Berlin. Thanks for the invitation to contribute and share our team’s research on the role of plant-based diets in preventing obesity and diabetes.
October 2019
Whole grain session at the Dubai International Congress of Nutrition
Honored to have been invited by the American Society of Nutrition to speak at the Dubai International Congress of Nutrition last week. In my two presentations, I talked about how whole grains can impact cardiometabolic health and the importance of whole-grain intake for global health. Did you know that low intake of whole grains and high intake of sodium are the two most important dietary risk factors for NCD morbidity and mortality globally?
September 2019
Alpro Foundation Award
Proud of Zhangling Chen, who won the Alpro Foundation Award for best scientific publication of 2018 for her paper ‘Plant-based Diet and Adiposity Over Time in a Middle-aged and Elderly Population’. Zhangling constructed a continuous plant-based diet index and found that adhering to a more plant-based and less animal-based dietary pattern was associated with less adiposity over time.
June 2019
Fruit vs fruit juice at Nu.nl
This week I was interviewed by Nu.nl on whether ‘drinking fruit’ is as healthy as eating it. Read here why you shouldn’t drink juice to compensate a low fruit intake (in Dutch).
May 2019
Is organic food healthier? Interview at FunX
Yesterday I was interviewed by Sander and Vanessa at FunX radio on whether organic food is healthier than non-organic food. Listen to the full interview here!
November 2018
Food Trend College Alcohol
Is there such a thing as healthy alcohol consumption? I was invited to give a lecture on this topic at the Food Trend College on alcohol organized by HAS Den Bosch. Interesting discussions with the students and representatives from the alcohol industry on whether alcohol sales or marketing should be regulated!
Science Cafe Sugar
Is sugar as dangerous as is sometimes claimed? Is it addictive? How can we reduce intake of added sugar? I was invited to discuss these and many other questions on sugar in this Science Cafe in Tivoli Utrecht together with with prof. Jaap Seidell and prof. Susanne la Fleur.
October 2018
European diabetes conference
This month, Zhangling and I presented our research on plant-based diets and on the gut microbiome at the annual meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes in Berlin. So exciting to share our work with thousands of scientists and health professionals at this huge diabetes conference!