Acknowledgements
We would like to acknowledge the tremendous efforts of the many individuals that made critical contributions to the research featured in this book: Fuyong Li, Katri Korpela, Junhong Liu, Rodrigo Margain Quevedo, Francesco Asnicar, Benjamin Seethaler, Tianna Rusnak, Janis Cole, Zhihong Zhang, Shuang Zhao, Xiaohang Wang, Adele Gagnon, Edward Deehan, João Mota, Jeffrey Bakal, Russell Greiner, Dan Knights, Nicola Segata, Stephan Bischoff, Laurie Mereu, Andrea Haqq, Catherine Field, Liang Li, and Carla Prado. We would also like to thank the participants in this trial for their extensive involvement. We would further like to acknowledge the scientific institutions that allowed us to perform this research. The trial and participant clinical measures were completed at the Human Nutrition Research Unit, Department of Agricultural, Food & Nutritional Science at the University of Alberta (https://hnru.ualberta.ca/), while data analysis was performed at the University of Alberta, University College Cork, the APC Microbiome Ireland, and the institutions of our collaborators.
We would like to thank Victoria McMahon for coordinating the knowledge translation strategy for the research related to the NiMe diet, including this book. We also thank Jessica Stanisich for her help in producing scientific figures and editing this book.
We thank the University of Alberta Library, especially Michelle Brailey, for assistance in publishing this book open-access.
We acknowledge the Indigenous populations of rural Papua New Guinea, the Asaro and the Sausi, as well as other Indigenous groups in non-industrialized populations around the world, whose traditional dietary habits inspired our research and the development of the NiMe diet.
The University of Alberta respectfully acknowledges that we are located on Treaty 6 territory, a traditional gathering place for diverse Indigenous peoples including the Cree, Blackfoot, Métis, Nakota Sioux, Iroquois, Dene, Ojibway/ Saulteaux/Anishinaabe, Inuit, and many others whose histories, languages, and cultures continue to influence our vibrant community.
