Professor of Dietetics, Department of Nutritional Sciences, King's College London. All about the evidence. Nutrition science not nutrition nonsense.
London, England
Joined January 2016
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Kevin Whelan retweeted
The first dietary guidelines of the management of chronic constipation in adults are out an dyspell common myths
@EiriniDimidi updates what’s new and interesting
#UEGWeek2026 @my_ueg
We had a fantastic group of people for Sunday Lunch.
Our roast potato samplers included:
@kgikas10 @AM_Knight_RD @ganinuredini
@jonashalfvarson @Prof_NickTalley
We missed you @EleanorJBeck
(we did serve meat too but being carved by expert carver James Lindsay!)
Our nationwide survey of 738 people with #IBD in Sweden 🇸🇪
More people with #CrohnsDisease than #UlcerativeColitis change their diet due to IBD and avoid certain foods to prevent flare
42% received no diet advice from health professional!
Link 👉🏼link.springer.com/article/10…
Paying respects to the co-founder of a COVID vaccine, an advocate for HIV/AIDS and who funded books for children
What a way to lead a life! #DollyPartonRIP
Also, watch here the intelligence and dignity of her communication skills (thank you Alex Lyon) youtu.be/dwtzw0s-5BI?si=aC4R…
How is research and practice on diet in gastrointestinal disorders progressing?
@HMStaudacher and I summarise the quantity, areas of advancement, challenges and application of diet in #IBS #IBD #Constipation
Happy 10th Birthday to @LancetGastroHep 🎂🎂
thelancet.com/journals/langa…
Check out this #podcast from the Rome Diet & Nutrition Section @RFDietNutrition that introduces diet studies, and their challenges, in disorders of gut brain interaction #DGBI
Great chat between @DipeshVasant & @MelchiorChloe 👉🏽
open.spotify.com/episode/1VV…
What research needs to be done on nutrition and diet in #InflammatoryBowelDisease #CrohnsDisease #UlcerativeColitis?
Nutrition & IBD Group includes global experts (plus me 😉) in research and clinical practice in diet & IBD
Free access for 50 days!👉 authors.elsevier.com/c/1nOvY…
Great to work with global experts including @ProfAndrewDay @eytan_wine @oridamas @AshwinMDIBD @KGerasimidis @JoaoPGSabino @GIdietitian @ibddocmaria @guthealthmd @nhaskeyRD @nehagastrord @oridamas @BonehRotem @AshwinMDIBD and plenty of others not on X!
Kevin Whelan retweeted
💡5-15% of the population suffers from #constipation
👉 94% of patients prefer managing their constipation with diet rather than relying on laxatives
In this #NutritionScienceBites episode, @ProfCCollins talks with @ProfWhelan about evidence-based dietary strategies for managing constipation based on more than 75 clinical trials:
✅ Red flags to look for when you go to the toilet (e.g., large amounts of blood in your stool)
✅ Risk factors: pregnancy, aging, medications
✅ Why the advice of following a high-fiber diet is outdated
✅ Which foods/drinks and food supplements are worth trying
And more!
🎧This is a podcast worth listening to: youtube.com/watch?v=_khGuyNv…
Check out this podcast I recorded with @ProfCCollins about diet and constipation based upon our recent @BDA_Dietitians Guidelines
youtube.com/watch?v=_khGuyNv…
Last week saw the end of my stay in Melbourne 🇦🇺
3 months has flown by with visits to Adelaide, Newcastle & Sydney
Unforgettable memories, new (and old) friendships, and more research collaborations than I can count! The only low point was Delta coming 4th!
Thank you everyone!
Last week I visited the amazing city of Sydney!
Spent the day at University of New South Wales, @UNSW, gave a lecture at @MRC_microbiome and tour of amazing facilities with @HoldGeorgina @emadelomar @EleanorJBeck @marijkajb
And not forgetting dinner with the most amazing view!
Why do some people develop bloating with some carbohydrates?
We examined clinical, diet, microbiome & meta-transcriptome in those bloating induced by either:
Fructans ➡️Abdominal girth, F:B ratio, CAZyme
GOS ➡️Breath H2, GABA
Paper @AmJGastro
journals.lww.com/ajg/fulltex…
#DDW2026
What happens to undigested protein in the gut?
Super review of protein handling in the gut, and in particular in the colon.
Read the full paper by @RobVBryant @Alice_APD
nature.com/articles/s41575-0…
Had the pleasure of visiting colleagues and friends at University of Newcastle (Australia not UK!)
Campus tour, seminar and research meetings with @ProfCCollins and @Prof_NickTalley and their amazing research teams.
Thank you!
Kevin Whelan retweeted
Baseline diet may affect the effectiveness of probiotics and prebiotics
@ProfWhelan, @GenelleLunken, @hmstaudacher, @MariaLMarco & colleagues provide best practices for designing better clinical trials of probiotics and prebiotics:
tinyurl.com/3xu42jdu
Kevin Whelan retweeted
Working night shifts makes type 2 diabetes harder to manage.
A @kingsmedicine study on healthcare workers in the UK paints a clear picture of the difficulties night shift workers encounter in maintaining a healthy diet.
kcl.ac.uk/news/working-night… @DUK_research @DiabetesUK
Spent last week in Adelaide visiting @BHIresearch & @RoyalAdelHosp to hear their amazing translational research, and present my own research on diet and microbiome in gut disease
Plus socials with @Alice_APD @danni_dietitian @DocKateLynch in Adelaide Hills🍷& Adelaide Fringe🕺
Fantastic start to my sabbatical in Melbourne!
Here visiting @MonashSTM and @MonashNutrition with two stellar academics @hmstaudacher and @JaneaneDart
Plus nice photo of Sir John Monash in the background!
Excited for the next 3 months of learning and collaboration
We all know fibre improves bowel function, but by how much and does it vary by fibre?
Huge synthesis of 113 trials in adults with normal bowel function
Insoluble & low-fermentable fibres have biggest impact
Great work @Prof_NickTalley & team!
ajcn.nutrition.org/article/S…
