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    From Lab to Table: The NiMe Diet eBook Now Available!

    by Guest Author June 5, 2025
    written by Guest Author

    Discussion of chronic diseases such as high cholesterol, heart disease, and diabetes, has been brought to the forefront recently. What is the correlation between the health of your gut microbiome, an industrialized diet, and chronic illnesses? What can the average person do to avoid chronic illness? Could the answer be found in our food?

    Anissa (right) prepares meals of the NiMe diet with
    nutrition graduate student Liza in the Metabolic Kitchen
    of the Human Nutrition Research Unit. 

    New Open Education ebook

    Dr. Anissa Armet, a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Alberta, and Dr. Jens Walter, professor of Ecology, Food and the Microbiome in the Faculty of ALES, have recently published a new open education ebook with the University of Alberta Library on the NiMe (Non-industrialized Microbiome Restore) diet that they developed through their research on the relationship between the gut microbiome, chronic illness, and an industrialized diet.

    Inspired by Research

    The NiMe Diet: Scientific Principles and Recipes was inspired by Dr. Walter’s research into the gut microbiomes of residents in rural, non-industrialized areas of Papua New Guinea, where the traditional diet consists of unprocessed, whole foods such as vegetables and whole grains. This diet, rich in dietary fiber, has shown lower-levels of pro-inflammatory markers that are linked to the chronic illnesses common in a highly-processed, industrialized diet. 

    Restore Diet – Day 4 meals

    Luckily, you don’t need to live in rural Papua New Guinea to achieve the benefits of a non-industrialized diet! The NiMe Diet: Scientific Principles and Recipes provides simple, accessible recipes using readily-available ingredients such as sweet potatoes, lentils, beans, and whole grains.

    Best of all, The NiMe Diet: Scientific Principles and Recipes was published through The University of Alberta Library’s Open Education publishing program, and is available for download through the library’s institutional repository, ERA.

    Dr. Armet also recently appeared on CTV Morning Live to promote the benefits of the NiMe diet, and share a simple and tasty recipe that anyone at home can cook, and get themselves started on the path to better gut microbiome health.


    Thank you Kim Kemmer, Copyright Services Specialist for authoring this post.

    This content is licensed under a CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Creative Commons licence.

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  • Open Education Week 2025

    by Guest Author February 28, 2025
    by Guest Author February 28, 2025

    Open Education is back (but really it never left!). We’re excited about the annual Open Education Week – March 3-7, 2025 as this gives us the ongoing opportunity to showcase all the amazing Open Education work happening here at the University of Alberta.  Join us during this year’s Open Education Week in celebrating how Students (you) and Instructors (you too!) have been leading the charge on affordability and accessibility at the University…

  • Open Education Week – Celebrate, Share and Learn!

    by Guest Author February 27, 2024
    by Guest Author February 27, 2024

    It’s almost the first week of March, which means Open Education Week!  Open Education is a movement that encourages sharing and collaboration through open licensing (licensing that permits free access or reuse) and accessible formats for course materials. It also promotes open pedagogical practices by encouraging the co-creation and customization of learning resources by students and faculty. One of the most exciting aspects of Open Education is the use of Open Educational…

  • OPEN EDUCATION TALKS 2023 

    by Guest Author February 28, 2023
    by Guest Author February 28, 2023

    This post was written by Joana Mazumder Let’s celebrate Open Education Week 2023 this March with a month-long event – the Open Education Talks series. Beginning on the 1st of March, Open Education Talks offers weekly lunch-hour lightning presentations about the role of open education in post secondary institutions. Building on the success of last year’s Open Pedagogy Talks, this series creates another chance to share and learn about recent projects, challenges…

  • 2022 Open Education Symposium: March 7 – 11

    by Guest Author February 14, 2022
    by Guest Author February 14, 2022

    By Sarah Shaughnessy Mark your calendars for the Open Education Symposium during the first week of March! The symposium is a week-long celebration of all things relating to Open Education, including creating, using and sharing open resources; exploring open pedagogical practices; and building community with other practitioners, educators and students. The event is free, virtual and open to all! Take the opportunity to learn some new skills with hands-on workshops, have informal…

  • New Subject Guide | Free Online Resources

    by Amy Southgate May 10, 2021
    by Amy Southgate May 10, 2021

    Have you ever found yourself knee deep in researching a topic online when you come across something that sounds like a perfect fit, and then –BAM! –You run into a paywall? There is nothing worse than being so close yet so far from the information, or content, you need. Not everyone is able to, nor wants to, pay access fees or subscriptions, so what can you do? Good news intrepid learner! There…

  • Now Open: Alberta’s Provincial OER Publishing Program!

    by Meredith Bratland March 23, 2020
    by Meredith Bratland March 23, 2020

    The University of Alberta Library and the Alberta OER Technology and Infrastructure Working Group are pleased to announce the new Open Education Alberta program. This no-fee provincial program seeks to eliminate barriers to adopting, adapting and creating open textbooks by providing Alberta post-secondary institutions with easy-to-use online publishing software. The University of Alberta Library will host and maintain the Pressbooks publishing software, and partner institutions will establish workflows and service models that…

  • Now Open! Library Publishing for Open Textbooks

    by Meredith Bratland February 1, 2019
    by Meredith Bratland February 1, 2019

    Alongside the University of Alberta’s mission of “For the Public Good” The University of Alberta Libraries is introducing an Open Educational Resources (OER) publishing program to increase access to and use of free and accessible textbooks and other learning resources. OER are teaching and learning materials that are accessible without cost and allow for free use, reuse and redistribution. OER often have a Creative Commons license that states specifically how the material may be…

  • We’re Still Excited about Open Education Week 2018!

    by Meredith Bratland March 12, 2018
    by Meredith Bratland March 12, 2018

    We don’t know about you, but we are still riding on the wave of excitement from Open Education Week last week! If you weren’t able to make it, you missed some great presentations and the opportunity to join us in recognizing some of the great work that encompasses the values of openness on our campus. These individuals have exerted passion and effort in pushing forward open resources in the face of barriers…

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