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Research goals
The Department of Nutrition has defined the following four goals for our current research endeavors
1. Examine the nutrition and health effects of plant foods and plant based diet patterns.
2. Help vegetarians to eat adequately and optimally. This includes assessing the safety, adequacy and optimacy of vegetarian eating patterns.
3. Assess the potential impact of animal vs plant foods on nutirion, on microbial contamination and sanitary concerns, and on the environment
4. Community nutrition
Active grants
Effects of peanut and peanut butter on blood lipids and glycemic control in adults with type-2 diabetes.
Comparing different types of n-3 fatty acids (ALA vs EPA/DHA) on selected coronary heart disease risk factors on healthy adults (The Omega-3 study).
Postprandial effects of pecan ingestion on plasma levels of nutrients, polyphenolic compounds and biomarkers of antioxidant status in human volunteers.
Recent publications and presentations
Faculty and students from the Department of Nutrition are invited to present research around the globe and our research is published by both nutrition and medical journals. For a list of our recent pubications and presentations follow the links below.
Selected Doctoral Student Research
Previous Research
Previous research by the Department of Nutrition can be found at the following websites:
- Nut studies This website is dedicated to the results of the many department research studies conducted on the health and nutrtion properties of tree nuts. The website includes a thorough library of recent medical and nutrition journal articles on nut research from around the world
- Vegetarian nutrition This website is dedicated to the research presented at the International Congress on Vegetarian Nutrition and includes much research conducted in the Department of Nutrition, including the Vegetarian Food Pyramid