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Mitch Kanter, PhD serves as the chief science officer for FoodMinds, a division of Padilla. Mitch has been in the food industry for more than 25 years, serving in health/nutrition director level roles for various multinational companies (Quaker Oats/Gatorade; General Mills; Cargill) and agricultural organizations (American Egg Board). He holds MS and PhD degrees from The Ohio State University, and he served as an NIH Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.
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Food Values in South America
August 21, 2018 — Food + Beverage
Co-Written by Heloisa Guarita, co-founder of RGNutri in São Paulo, Brazil  In South America, food values are based on cultural influences and social issues, leading to the creation of food policies…
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In Defense of the Whole Food
July 25, 2018 — Food + Beverage
I recently attended the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) meeting in Minneapolis, which is the largest meeting of its kind in the world. Over 6,000 sports clinicians, exercise scientists and…
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Nutritional Epidemiology Under the Microscope: How Valid are the Criticisms?
June 27, 2018 — Food + Beverage
An interesting article entitled,  Univ ersity of Twitter? Scientists give impromptu lecture critiquing nutrition research,  appeared online a couple of weeks ago (CBC News, May 5, 2018). An oncologi…
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Nutritional Epidemiology Under the Microscope: How Valid are the Criticisms?
June 27, 2018 — Food + Beverage
An interesting article entitled,  Univ ersity of Twitter? Scientists give impromptu lecture critiquing nutrition research,  appeared online a couple of weeks ago (CBC News, May 5, 2018). An oncologi…
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Industry Funded Nutrition Research in our “Low-Trust” Environment
May 24, 2018 — Food + Beverage
Public trust in many of our valued institutions seems to be in short supply these days.  Recent research, and many anecdotal examples, suggest that faith in government, business, the media and other…
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Personalized Nutrition: Ready for Prime Time?
February 21, 2018 — Health
Since the human genome was largely sequenced in the early 2000s, people have wondered when various aspects of our lives could be personalized based on our genetic profile. The “one-size-fits-all…
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