Christopher Gardner

For more than 30 years Christopher Gardner, PhD, Rehnborg Farquhar professor of medicine at Stanford, and nutrition scientist, has studied what to consume and to avoid for optimal health, and how best to motivate individuals to achieve healthy dietary behaviors. He recently completed a 2-year term serving on the US Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee and is the past chair of the American Heart Association’s Nutrition Committee. He has conducted and published dozens of human nutrition intervention trials, including trials of Mediterranean, Ketogenic, Vegan, Low-Fat and Low-Carb diets and their effects on cardiometabolic health. Some of his current interests include Stealth Nutrition, Unapologetic Deliciousness, Institutional Food Settings, and the microbiome. Professor Gardner’s work was recently featured in an Emmy winning Netflix docuseries (Jan 2024) – “You Are What You Eat: A Twin Experiment”. His book titled “Food Sense – What to Eat and Why” was published in October 2026. (Stanford, CA)