Krista Varady

Krista A. Varady is a Canadian-American scientist known for her studies of intermittent fasting on chronic disease risk in human subjects.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8] Varady was one of the first scientists to study intermittent fasting in humans.[4] As of 2022, she is a professor of nutrition at the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) in the department of Kinesiology and Nutrition.[9] She also serves as the director of the Human Nutrition Research Center at UIC.[9] Her work is primarily funded by the National Institutes of Health.[10] She is also the co-author of a book about intermittent fasting for the general public, titled The Every Other Day Diet.[11]

Krista Varady, PhD

Education

Varady completed her Bachelor's degree in dietetics at the University of Guelph.[9] She then attended McGill University, where she completed her PhD in human nutrition. Her PhD dissertation examined the effects of plant sterols combined with exercise on cholesterol metabolism.[12] After her PhD, she joined the laboratory of Marc Hellerstein at the University of California, Berkeley, to study intermittent fasting.[9]

Honors

In 2023 she received the University of Illinois Chicago, Distinguished Researcher of the Year in the Clinical Sciences Award,[13] and in 2017 she received the Mead Johnson Young Investigator Award from the American Society for Nutrition for her work in intermittent fasting.[14][15]

References
  1. Bakalar, Nicholas (2020-07-27). "Intermittent Fasting May Aid Weight Loss". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-03-29.
  2. O’Connor, Anahad (2020-09-28). "A Potential Downside of Intermittent Fasting". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-03-29.
  3. Martin, Crystal (2019-11-23). "What Is Intermittent Fasting and Does It Really Work?". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-03-29.
  4. Hamblin, James (2014-01-23). "The New Way to Love Food". The Atlantic. Retrieved 2022-03-29.
  5. Wallis, Claudia (2020-09-01). "How Good a Diet Is Intermittent Fasting?". Scientific American.
  6. "Intermittent fasting and why when you eat makes a difference". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2022-03-29.
  7. "In a 24/7 food culture, periodic fasting gains followers". AP NEWS. Retrieved 2022-03-29.
  8. Reddy, Sumathi (2017-12-31). "A Diet Strategy That Counts Time, Not Calories". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2022-03-29.
  9. "Krista Varady". ahs.uic.edu. Retrieved 2022-03-29.
  10. "RePORT ⟩ RePORTER". reporter.nih.gov. Retrieved 2022-03-29.
  11. Varady, Krista; Gottlieb, Bill (2013). The Every Other Day Diet. New York, NY: Hyperion. ISBN 978-0-316-33058-9. OCLC 865473722.
  12. Varady, Krista A; Ebine, Naoyuki; Vanstone, Catherine A; Parsons, William E; Jones, Peter JH (2004-11-01). "Plant sterols and endurance training combine to favorably alter plasma lipid profiles in previously sedentary hypercholesterolemic adults after 8 wk". The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 80 (5): 1159–1166. doi:10.1093/ajcn/80.5.1159. ISSN 0002-9165. PMID 15531661.
  13. "Krista Varady named 2023 UIC Distinguished Researcher of the Year in the Clinical Sciences". ahs.uic.edu. Retrieved 2023-09-15.
  14. "Krista Varady receives 2017 Mead Johnson Award". ahs.uic.edu. Retrieved 2022-03-29.
  15. American Society for Nutrition (2022-03-28). "American Society for Nutrition Awards Prior Recipients" (PDF). Retrieved 2022-03-28.
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