Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging - Tufts University
Current Projects
- Health benefits of dietary flavonoids
- Identifying bioactive dietary components related to inflammation
- Vitamin D and insulin resistance
- Lycopene and cardiovascular health
- Plant-based diets and healthy aging
- Dietary risk factors for age related bone loss
- Whole grains, cereal fiber, weight gain and fat distribution
- Assessing the value of alkylresorcinols as biomarkers of whole wheat intake and their relations with metabolic risk factors
- Interactions of genes and whole grain and fiber intakes with respect to incident diabetes and markers of metabolic risk (including obesity)
- Dietary beef and the preservation of muscle mass and hematological status in older Americans
- Role of vitamin supplementation and long-term vitamin intakes in preserving vision in the early stages of cataract and macular degeneration
- Understanding the low vitamin B6 status of pre-menopausal women and oral contraceptive users
- Relation of vitamin B12 and folate status and cognition
- Magnesium, genetic variants, and risk factors for diabetes and cardiovascular disease
