Nancy Turner, PhD

Nancy Turner is a Professor of Nutrition at Michigan State University. Her research focus is on the role of diet on colon cancer and inflammatory bowel disease. She is the author of many papers on this topic, as well as the co-editor of a book, and co-author of a textbook.

Apr 28, 2022

Protein-energy supplementation of undernourished infants may reduce mental distress in adults

Mental health is increasingly becoming a challenge in the world, and the lack of treatment availability has led to the

Apr 18, 2022

Tomato or lycopene intake has modest impact on early gene expression in the TRAMP model of prostate cancer

Human prostate cancer incidence is lower in populations with higher lycopene or tomato intakes, and consumption of lycopene or tomatoes

Apr 14, 2022

Quinones with varying sidechain lengths are precursors to tissue menaquinone-4 in mice

Vitamin K is a term used to represent multiple compounds derived from plants (phylloquinone, PK) and bacteria (menaquinones, MKn). Menaquinone-4

Apr 01, 2022

Iron deficiency during pregnancy can be treated with an oral ferritin-core analog

Iron deficiency remains a global problem that is even more problematic during pregnancy, as it contributes to many health challenges

Mar 22, 2022

Diet diversity unveils relationships between fiber intake and gut microbiota composition

Diet is known to influence composition of the gut microbiota, however, our understanding of the specific changes in microbial composition

Mar 16, 2022

Ascorbic acid enhances iron bioavailability from fortified infant cereals containing whole grain and pulses

Combatting iron deficiency anemia during early childhood typically involves using fortified cereal-based complementary foods. Because of the nutrients (vitamins, minerals,

Mar 14, 2022

Iron fortification of salt may benefit those in regions with high rates of anemia

Low compliance among the people of India has caused iron supplementation approaches there to not be effective in reducing anemia.

Mar 10, 2022

Commercial devices provide reasonable estimates of energy expenditure but not energy storage

Mathematical models have been formulated that allow energy intake (EI) to be estimated by solving the equation energy storage (ES)

Mar 01, 2022

Understanding how obesity contributes to diseases requires an appreciation of how fat mass and lean mass correlate with metabolic biomarkers

Many diseases are associated with obesity, and multiple studies have documented associations between body mass index (BMI), a surrogate measure

Feb 17, 2022

Free amino acids are more readily available than intact protein but do not induce a differential effect on muscle protein synthesis rates

Muscle protein synthesis is dependent upon an adequate supply of all proteinogenic amino acids, which are normally supplied by food