Leesa Klich

Pryvit! (Hello in Ukrainian), I always have my nose in new health research, so I’m sharing some of the most relevant nutrition and health studies and news with you. My latest blog post updates 19 popular health claims with new and improved research. It's full of fun facts, along with the scientific references, studies, and citations to see for yourself. This post goes over a variety of nutrition and health claims, like: 3 – Can you get enough of all essential nutrients from plants alone? 4 –...

Веселих свят [veselykh sviat]! ("Merry holidays" in Ukrainian), Whether you celebrate Christmas, another holiday, or no holidays at this time, I'm wishing you the very best health, happiness, and success. As for me, I'm going to take it a bit easy for the next two weeks. I'm updating my calendar of health- and food-awareness dates for Q1 content planning, visiting with family, doing a bunch of knitting, and watching Christmas movies. In fact, I will be doing some knitting while on my...

Pryvit! (Hello in Ukrainian), I always have my nose in new health research, so I’m sharing some of the most relevant studies and news with you. In the past couple of weeks I attended five online nutrition and food webinars hosted by experts. They covered the latest information about: dietary fibre ultra-processed foods (UPFs) and obesity food policy nutrition randomized control trials (RCTs) misinformation My latest blog post summarizes my top 5 takeaways from each of the five sessions, hence...

Pryvit! (Hello in Ukrainian), I always have my nose in new health research, so I wanted to let you know of a free online health symposium happening this week (Tues, Dec 9 - Wed, Dec 10). That symposium, plus Oxford Dictionary's word of the year, inspired me to update an older blog post on How Fake News is Spread. In the Global Health Misinformation Symposium this week there might be a talk that applies to your health practice. Personally, I'm planning to attend as many talks as I can. Some of...

Pryvit! (Hello in Ukrainian), I always have my nose in new health research, so I'm sharing some of the most relevant studies with you in regular editions of "Health Scoop News." Below are my top three recent study picks (hit reply to tell me what health topics/niches are best for you!). All of these are clinical studies (done with people) or review studies (reviews of several studies). There are no individual animal or lab studies here! 1 – Gut dysbiosis = brain inflammation (via the...

Pryvit! (Hello in Ukrainian), In light of the spooky season, here are a few fascinating pieces of science-based health-related content that I enjoyed and thought you may enjoy too. The first two are YouTube Shorts, the next is an article, and the fourth is a book recommendation. Happy Halloween! 🐈⬛👻🎃🦇🕸️ 1 – What happens to your muscles when you die (rigor mortis) Here’s a link to Lauren the Mortician's YouTube Short called: You die. Then you stiffen. Then you loosen. It’s like a really morbid...

Pryvit! (Hello in Ukrainian), I always have my nose in new health research, so I'm sharing three new sources of nutrition intel that can help with your practice. As far as I know, the first one below is not in any way sponsored by the food industry and is probably the most critical of it. It's also the one I'm most excited about. As for the other two, I'd take them with a grain of salt. 1 – New book: Food Intelligence by Julia Belluz & Kevin Hall Kevin Hall is one of my favourite nutrition...