Category Archives: Health and Nutrition

PREDICT 2 Study Experience: Reflecting on Recruitment

On June 10, 2019, I read a New York Times article that immediately drew my attention and inspired me to take the first step of my personal nutrition journey. Authors Cynthia Graber and Nicola Twilley were writing about a new nutrition company called ZOE and a series of studies ZOE was sponsoring to investigate individual…More

My DNA Has a Story to Tell, So I Gave it a Pen and Paper

I just took a DNA test, turns out I’m a hundred percent that health nerd who’s definitely gonna blog about it…  Thanks to a serendipitous sequence of events, I procured two DNA test kits right around the time I began the PREDICT 2 study in early September 2019. Genetic factors are an important piece of…More

PREDICT 2 Study Experience: Day 7-10

This blog post is the eighth in a series on my participation in the PREDICT 2 study. Click the links below to read earlier parts of the series: Forging the Future of Personalized Nutrition: My Experience, My Contribution PREDICT 2 Study Experience: Set-up Day + The Study Pack PREDICT 2 Study Experience: Day 1 Reflection…More

PREDICT 2 Study Experience: Days 3-6

This blog post is the sixth in a series on my participation in the PREDICT 2 study. Click the links below to read earlier parts of the series: Forging the Future of Personalized Nutrition: My Experience, My Contribution PREDICT 2 Study Experience: Set-up Day + The Study Pack PREDICT 2 Study Experience: Day 1 Reflection…More

PREDICT: The Science

This blog post is the fifth in a series on my participation in the PREDICT 2 study. Click the links below to read earlier parts of the series: Forging the Future of Personalized Nutrition: My Experience, My Contribution PREDICT 2 Study Experience: Set-up Day + The Study Pack PREDICT 2 Study Experience: Day 1 Reflection…More

PREDICT 2 Study Experience: Day 2 Reflection

This post is the fourth of a series on my participation in the PREDICT 2 study. Click the links below to read earlier parts of the series: Forging the Future of Personalized Nutrition: My Experience, My Contribution PREDICT 2 Study Experience: Set-up Day + The Study Pack PREDICT 2 Study Experience: Day 1 Reflection Well,…More

PREDICT 2 Study Experience: Day 1 Reflection

This post is the third of a series on my participation in the PREDICT 2 study. Click here to read the first post of the series. Click here to read the second post. On day 1, I completed three blood spot tests (before breakfast, after breakfast, and after lunch) and ate two standardized meals with…More

PREDICT 2 Study Experience: Set-up Day + The Study Pack

This post is the second of a series on my participation in the PREDICT 2 study. Click here to read the first post of the series. Today was set-up day. I started off with a coworker (and friend, @Meghan) helping me install the glucose monitor on my left (non-dominant) arm. It takes 16 hours or…More