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John Sievenpiper

ResearcherNutritional SciencesUniversity of Toronto

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John Sievenpiper

Researcher

Nutritional Sciences

Health Sciences

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
6 publications in the last five years, latest in 2025.
Principal investigator on 4 research grants (4 CIHR), most recently in 2024.
Supervised 5 trainees who won CIHR awards, most recently in 2025.

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Research

Diabetes Carbohydrate Metabolism Diabetes Prevention Dietary Fibre Drug Therapy Nutrition Therapy Randomized Controlled Trial Cardiovascular Risk

Latest papers

Perspective: Current Scientific Evidence and Research Strategies in the Role of Almonds in Cardiometabolic Health.
Current developments in nutrition · 2025
No Difference between the Efficacy of High-Nitrate and Low-Nitrate Vegetable Supplementation on Blood Pressure after 16 Weeks in Individuals with Early-Stage Hypertension: An Exploratory, Double-Blinded, Randomized, Controlled Trial.
Nutrients · 2024
Integrating health, nutrition, and environmental impacts of foods: a life cycle impact assessment and modelling analysis of foods in Canada.
The Lancet. Planetary health · 2024

All 14 publications

Latest funding

Precision nutrition and metabolic health in a 20-year follow up of a multiethnic population living in Canada
CIHR · 2026 · Co-investigator
$512,550
Can humans synthesize enough docosahexaenoic acid from alpha-linolenic acid?
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$699,975
An intersectoral, partnered, iterative co-design of a culinary medicine curriculum for preventing diabetes by enhancing food skills among people living in supportive and transitional housing
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$124,728

All 24 grants and awards

14 publications.

Perspective: Current Scientific Evidence and Research Strategies in the Role of Almonds in Cardiometabolic Health.

Trumbo PR, Ard J, Bellisle F, Drewnowski A, Gilbert JA, Kleinman R, Misra A, Sievenpiper J, Tahiri M, Watson KE, Hill J

Current developments in nutrition2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.cdnut.2024.104516 PMID: 39896730

No Difference between the Efficacy of High-Nitrate and Low-Nitrate Vegetable Supplementation on Blood Pressure after 16 Weeks in Individuals with Early-Stage Hypertension: An Exploratory, Double-Blinded, Randomized, Controlled Trial.

Li D, Jovanovski E, Zurbau A, Sievenpiper J, Milicic D, El-Sohemy A, Vuksan V

Nutrients2024

DOI: 10.3390/nu16173018 PMID: 39275333

Integrating health, nutrition, and environmental impacts of foods: a life cycle impact assessment and modelling analysis of foods in Canada.

Jarvis S, Hadjikakou M, Wu J, Classens M, Chiavaroli L, Sievenpiper J, L'Abbe M, Jenkins D, Malik V

The Lancet. Planetary health2024

DOI: 10.1016/s2542-5196(24)00083-4 PMID: 38632913

Are all fibres created equal with respect to lipid lowering? Comparing the effect of viscous dietary fibre to non-viscous fibre from cereal sources: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials.

Jovanovski E, Nguyen M, Kurahashi Y, Komishon A, Li D, Hoang Vi Thanh H, Khayyat R, Jenkins AL, Khan TA, Zurbau A, Sievenpiper J, Vuksan V

The British journal of nutrition2023

DOI: 10.1017/s0007114522002355 PMID: 35929339

Neither soyfoods nor isoflavones warrant classification as endocrine disruptors: a technical review of the observational and clinical data.

Messina M, Mejia SB, Cassidy A, Duncan A, Kurzer M, Nagato C, Ronis M, Rowland I, Sievenpiper J, Barnes S

Critical reviews in food science and nutrition2022

DOI: 10.1080/10408398.2021.1895054 PMID: 33775173

Dietary glycemic index, glycemic load, and chronic disease: an umbrella review of meta-analyses of prospective cohort studies.

Jayedi A, Soltani S, Jenkins D, Sievenpiper J, Shab-Bidar S

Critical reviews in food science and nutrition2022

DOI: 10.1080/10408398.2020.1854168 PMID: 33261511

2021 Canadian Cardiovascular Society Guidelines for the Management of Dyslipidemia for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in Adults

Pearson GJ, Thanassoulis G, Anderson TJ, Barry AR, Couture P, Dayan N, Francis GA, Genest J, Grégoire J, Grover SA

Canadian Journal of Cardiology2021945 citations

DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2021.03.016

Canadian Adults with Moderate Intakes of Total Sugars have Greater Intakes of Fibre and Key Micronutrients: Results from the Canadian Community Health Survey 2015 Public Use Microdata File.

Wang YF, Chiavaroli L, Roke K, DiAngelo C, Marsden S, Sievenpiper J

Nutrients2020Senior author

DOI: 10.3390/nu12041124 PMID: 32316582

Obesity in adults: a clinical practice guideline

Wharton S, Lau DCW, Vallis M, Sharma AM, Biertho L, Campbell-Scherer D, Adamo K, Alberga A, Bell R, Boulé N

CANADIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION JOURNAL20201,382 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.191707 PMID: W3046790675

L’obésité chez l’adulte : ligne directrice de pratique clinique

Wharton S, Lau DCW, Vallis M, Sharma AM, Biertho L, Campbell-Scherer D, Adamo K, Alberga A, Bell R, Boulé N

CANADIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION JOURNAL20209 citations

DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.191707-f

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Diabetes Dear Professor Sievenpiper, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Perspective: Current Scientific Evidence and Research Strategies in the Role of Almonds in Cardiometabolic Health." (2025), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your CIHR-funded project "Acarbose as a biological analogy for understanding the potential of viscous fibre in the prevention of diabetes: The PRANDIAL (Psyllium veRsus Acarbose iNtervention for Dysglycemia In At Risk individuaLs) trial" (2024), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]

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John Sievenpiper

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Perspective: Current Scientific Evidence and Research Strategies in the Role of Almonds in Cardiometabolic Health.

No Difference between the Efficacy of High-Nitrate and Low-Nitrate Vegetable Supplementation on Blood Pressure after 16 Weeks in Individuals with Early-Stage Hypertension: An Exploratory, Double-Blinded, Randomized, Controlled Trial.

Integrating health, nutrition, and environmental impacts of foods: a life cycle impact assessment and modelling analysis of foods in Canada.

Are all fibres created equal with respect to lipid lowering? Comparing the effect of viscous dietary fibre to non-viscous fibre from cereal sources: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials.

Neither soyfoods nor isoflavones warrant classification as endocrine disruptors: a technical review of the observational and clinical data.

Dietary glycemic index, glycemic load, and chronic disease: an umbrella review of meta-analyses of prospective cohort studies.

2021 Canadian Cardiovascular Society Guidelines for the Management of Dyslipidemia for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in Adults

Canadian Adults with Moderate Intakes of Total Sugars have Greater Intakes of Fibre and Key Micronutrients: Results from the Canadian Community Health Survey 2015 Public Use Microdata File.

Obesity in adults: a clinical practice guideline

L’obésité chez l’adulte : ligne directrice de pratique clinique

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