Interview FunX radio on nutrition info in the media
Interviews at FunX radio are so much fun. This time I talked with Shay and Morad about what to believe from all the nutrition information in the media.
Link to the audio fragment (in Dutch)
August 2017
Interview AD – Can charcoal foods help you detox?
I got an interesting question from a journalist this week: is it healthy to eat foods with charcoal? Apparently it’s a hype to add activated charcoal to foods to ‘detox’. My response: yes, this product works as detox if you have an acute intoxication with certain poisons, because it binds these toxins in the stomach and helps to eliminate then. But it binds not only toxins, but also certain vitamins, minerals, and medications. So if you don’t have an acute it’s not only nonsense but even potentially dangerous!
Link to audio fragment (in Dutch)
Link to video fragment (in Dutch)
March 2015
TIME Magazine asked me ‘Should I eat potatoes?’
Spoiler alert: I said yes. Potatoes fit very well in a healthy diet. Just watch the way you prepare them and enjoy French fries in moderation.
Vitamine D deficiency in children
Following our publication on vitamin D deficiency in children (Journal of Nutrition, 2015), journalists from several media outlets interviewed me on how big this problem is in the Netherlands. We showed that one in three school-age children suffer from vitamin D deficiency. In children with a non-Dutch ethnic background this was even 50%. Playing outside and watching television are important factors in the level of vitamin D in children.