Nutrition

Nutrition affects health, disease and recovery. Read about our activities and insights on nutrition.

September 19, 2023
Plants for Joints: The Impact of Plant-Based Nutrition on Your Joints Research from Amsterdam UMC researchers, Dirkjan van Schaardenburg, Wendy Walrabenstein and Carlijn Wagenaar indicates that a plant-based diet may be just as effective as painkillers and anti-inflammatories in alleviating symptoms for patients suffering from rheumatoid arthritis (RA) or osteoarthritis.
- Nutrition
June 13, 2023
Obesity impairs the brain's response to nutrients Brain responses to specific nutrients are diminished in individuals with obesity and are not improved after weight loss, according to a study led by Amsterdam UMC and Yale University, published in Nature Metabolism.
- Nutrition
June 12, 2023
Obesity impairs the brain's response to nutrients Brain responses to specific nutrients are diminished in individuals with obesity and are not improved after weight loss, according to a study led by Amsterdam UMC and Yale University, published today in Nature Metabolism.
- Public Health
- Nutrition
August 18, 2021
Helping patients to manage changes in taste can support outcomes Dietician Kelly Silverio Alonso, who specializes in helping oncology patients, developed easy-to-follow guidelines to make food tastier for patients with cancer.
- Cancer
- Nutrition
April 17, 2021
Rheumatology experts of Amsterdam UMC and Reade (a centre for rehabilitation and rheumatology) receive large grant for their study 'Plants for joints' Plants for joints' is the name of the research Wendy Walrabenstein is conducting, together with Amsterdam rheumatology professor Dirkjan van Schaardenburg about the effect of a plant-based diet, exercise, stress reduction and a better sleeping pattern on rheumatism and arthrosis and on test subjects at increased risk of rheumatism.
- Collaboration
- Nutrition