Issue #35 (September 2017)

• Interview: Brad Dieter, PhD
  In this interview, we pick Brad’s brain on a number of topics, including diabetic kidney disease, science writing, and the possibility of nominative determinism involving his last name!
• Interview: Margaret Leitch, PhD
  In this interview with experimental psychologist Margaret Leitch, we discuss the psychology of weight loss, the utility of statistics for researchers, and maternal nutrition.
• Fish Oil Supplementation for Insulin Resistance: Nothing but a Fish Burp?
  Fish oil has been studied a lot for numerous health claims, including improving insulin resistance. But quantity does not necessarily equal quality.
• Can probiotics help with inflammatory bowel disease?
  A older meta-analysis surprisingly found that probiotics do not have a clear effect on IBD. Since then, new research has come to light.
• Can the Mediterranean Diet curtail inflammation in Type 2 diabetes?
  Evidence suggests that the Mediterranean diet can be beneficial for people with diabetes. Those benefits may also extend to inflammation.
• Can alpha-lipoic acid supplementation shed some pounds?
  The evidence for alpha-lipoic acid's effect on weight loss is conflicting. This meta-analysis casts some light on the issue
• A bit of caffeine may help the antidepressants go down
  Antidepressants typically take a while to start working. Can caffeine help them kick in faster?
• Stepping up weight loss: Can walking help dieters shed fat? Open Access
  Walking doesn't do much for fat loss on its own. But there's reason to suspect it could boost the benefits of a caloric deficit.

Researchers

Margaret Wertheim, M.S., RD; Alex Leaf, M.S.; Courtney Silverthorn, PhD; Zach Bohannan, M.S.; Anders Nedergaard, Ph.D.; Jeff Rothschild, M.Sc., RD; Greg Palcziewski, PhD; James Graham, PhD

Editors

Gregory Lopez, MA, PharmD; Pablo Sanchez Soria, PhD; Kamal Patel, MBA, MPH, PhD(c)

Reviewers

Stephan Guyenet, PhD; Adel Moussa, PhD(c); Arya Sharma, PhD, MD; Sarah Ballantyne, PhD; Katherine Rizzone, MD; Mark Kern, PhD, RD; Gillian Mandich, PhD(c)

Copy Editor

Dmitri Barvinok

Infographics

Antonius Khengdro & Calla Lee