In this episode, Kevin C. Klatt, PhD, RD (he/him) speaks with Editor In Chief Christopher Duggan MD MPH, Section Editor Nancy Krebs MD MS, and Early Career Editor Cora Best PhD MHS RD about the newly launched section of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition titled “Nutrition for the Clinician”. Drs Duggan, Krebs and Best discuss the impetus for launching this new case study series and tips for prospective authors.  Relevant Links: Introductory Editorial for the series Information on claiming CME credit Information for prospective authors Be sure to connect with us! Dr Best, @CoraMB ..read more

In this episode, Kevin C. Klatt, PhD, RD (he/him) speaks with Section Editor Nancy Krebs MD MS, and Stephanie Waldrop MD MPH, both from the Section of Nutrition at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Center. Drs Kreb and Waldrop discuss their recent publication, the inaugural case in the new “Nutrition for the Clinician” series, detailing a case of a pediatric patient presenting with SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) and additional unexplained symptoms that resulted in consulting the nutrition team. Drs Kreb and Waldrop discuss the events leading up to their consultation, their approach to assessm ..read more

In this episode, Dennis M. Bier MD Young Career Editor Kevin C. Klatt, PhD, RD speaks with Mark A. Levine, MD, Section Chief of the Molecular and Clinical Nutrition Section of the Digestive Disease Branch at the National Institutes of Health. Dr. Levine’s laboratory conducts basic, translational and clinical research to better understand Vitamin C kinetics in health and disease and its potential role in disease prevention and treatment. In this episode, Dr. Levine details his groups’ recently accepted publication titled “Abnormal urinary loss of vitamin C in diabetes: prevalence and clini ..read more

In this episode, Dennis M. Bier MD Young Career Editor Kevin C. Klatt, PhD, RD speaks with first author, Sachelly Julián-Serrano and leader author, Rachael Z Stolzenberg-Solomon, of the recently published AJCN manuscript “Hepcidin-regulating iron metabolism genes and pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma: a pathway analysis of genome-wide association studies”. In this episode, we dive into genetic epidemiology approaches, iron metabolism, and the risk of PDAC with our 2 guest authors from the Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics at the National Cancer Institute. Be sure to connect with us o ..read more

Happy New Year from everyone at the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition! In this episode, Dennis M. Bier MD Young Career Editor Kevin C. Klatt, PhD, RD sits down (literally, in person!) to talk with AJCN Editor in Chief, Christopher Duggan MD, MPH, and Academic Editor, Deirdre (DeeDee) Tobias, ScD, and reflect on 2021 at AJCN. Find more about Drs. Duggan and Tobias, and all of our editors. Papers discussed in this episode: Insect Protein PURE Red Meat Vegan Diets & Children Vitamin D & Covid Coffee, Genetics and CVD Carbohydrate-Insulin Model Be sure to connect with us on twitter ..read more

In this episode of AJCN In Press, AJCN’s Inaugural Dennis M. Bier Young Career Editor, Kevin C. Klatt, PhD, RD chats with members of the all-star, global team behind the recent November 2021 Issue Supplement of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, focusing on the impact of small quantity lipid-based nutrient supplements (SQ-LNS) in global child health. In this conversation, Dr. Klatt and the author team discuss the rationale behind utilizing SQ-LNS, the strengths of individual participant data meta-analyses of randomized controlled trials, and their findings related to SQ-LNS’ impact on ..read more

In this episode, Early Career Editor Kevin C. Klatt, PhD, RD speaks with Harry Jarrett, PhD, Helene McNulty, PhD, RD, MRIA and Mary Ward, PhD, RD about their recent publication, “Vitamin B6 and riboflavin, their metabolic interaction and relationship with MTHFR genotype, in adults aged 18-102 years” in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. The authors discuss the rationale for looking at Vitamin B2 and B6 status marker interactions, including MTHFR genotype, and provide epidemiological evidence in support of riboflavin functional status (the erythrocyte glutathione reductase activation c ..read more

In this episode, Dennis M. Bier MD Young Career Editor Kevin C. Klatt, PhD, RD speaks with a Christopher Gardner, PhD, and Matthew Landry, PhD, RD about their new study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition titled “Effect of a ketogenic diet versus Mediterranean diet on glycated hemoglobin in individuals with prediabetes and type 2 diabetes mellitus: The interventional Keto-Med randomized crossover trial”. In this Episode, Drs Gardner and Landry detail the rationale for undertaking this trial and its design, the challenges in both improving and assessing adherence in free-liv ..read more

In this episode, Dennis M. Bier MD Young Career Editor Kevin C. Klatt, PhD, RD speaks with a distinguished team of authors about their recent work published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition titled “Metagenomic profile of the fecal microbiome of preterm infants consuming mother's own milk with bovine milk-based fortifier or infant formula: a cross-sectional study”. In this episode, we dive into the rationale for this newest work examining the relationship between the mode of feeding for preterm infants and the metagenomic potential of their microbiome, as well as discussing emergin ..read more

In this episode, Dennis M. Bier MD Young Career Editor Kevin C. Klatt, PhD, RD speaks with Mark A. Levine, MD, Section Chief of the Molecular and Clinical Nutrition Section of the Digestive Disease Branch at the National Institutes of Health. Dr. Levine’s laboratory conducts basic, translational and clinical research to better understand Vitamin C kinetics in health and disease and its potential role in disease prevention and treatment. In this episode, Dr. Levine details his groups’ recently accepted publication titled “Abnormal urinary loss of vitamin C in diabetes: prevalence and clini ..read more