Ty Beal is based in Washington DC as a Research Advisor on the Knowledge Leadership team at the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN). In this role, he supports programmes, research, evaluation, and dissemination of knowledge to stakeholders.

He has extensive experience examining sustainable food systems, diet quality, food affordability, food supplies, micronutrient deficiencies, child growth and development, noncommunicable diseases, and global health. He obtained a PhD in Geography with emphasis in Global Nutrition from the University of California, Davis, where he was a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow.

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SHOW NOTES:

00:00- A little bit about who Ty is

01:40- Why should we care about nutrients?

06:30- Ty's studies and the 6 most important nutrients

13:40- The importance of bioavailability and anti nutrients

20:50- Why we should stop fearing animal foods

23:00- Astonishing worldwide deficiency statistics

31:15- What even is a whole grain?

32:40- The food compass

42:15- Nutrient intake and stunted growth