Research Interests

Anthony's research focuses on the intersection of evolutionary biology, medicine, and nutrition and dietetics. Current research projects focus on diet quality, ultra-processed foods, fad diets, evolutionary misconceptions among nutrition students, and evolutionary applications of nutrition and diet choice to health. In addition, Anthony uses birds as a model organism to study hyperglycemia complications/diabetes for his doctoral dissertation.

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Publications

1. Kapsetaki SE, Basile AJ, Compton ZT, Rupp SM, Duke EG, Boddy AM, Harrison TM, Sweazea KL, Maley CC. The relationship between diet, plasma glucose, and cancer prevalence across vertebrates. Nature Communication. 2025
2. Basile AJ, Noshirwani NK, Sweazea KL. Eighty-five Percent of Fast-food Menu Items are Ultra-processed: A Menu Analysis of the Six Highest Selling Fast-food Restaurants. Public Health Nutrition. 2025
3. Basile AJ, Ruiz-Tejada A, Mohr AE, Stanley S, Hjelm E, Sweazea KL. Minimally processed foods have a higher total antioxidant content compared to processed and ultra-processed foods: results from an analysis of 1946 food items. British Journal of Nutrition. 2024
4. Basile AJ, Ruiz-Tejada A, Mohr AE, Morales AC, Hjelm E, Brand-Miller JE, Atkinson FS, Sweazea KL. Food processing according to the NOVA classification is not associated with glycemic index and glycemic load: results from an analysis of 1995 food items. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 2024
5. Basile AJ, Kreisler A, Hassen R, Singh K, Symes M, Larson G, de Sousa MF, Sweazea KL. Acute Metformin Induces Hyperglycemia in Healthy Adult Mourning Doves, Zenaida macroura: A Pilot Study.  Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology – Part A. 2024
6. Brown JA, Lerman SB†, Basile AJ, Bateman HL, Deviche P, Warren PS, Sweazea KL. No Fry Zones: How Restaurant Distribution and Abundance Influences Avian Communities in the Phoenix, AZ Metropolitan Area. PLOS ONE. 2022
7. Basile AJ, Singh K, Sweazea KL. Effect of Macronutrient and Micronutrient Manipulation on Avian Blood Glucose Concentration: A Systematic Review. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology – Part A. 2022
8. Mohr AE, Basile AJ, Sweazea KL. An Urban Diet Differentially Alters the Gut Microbiome and Metabolomic Profiles Compared to a Seed Diet in Mourning Doves. American Journal of Physiology-Regulation, Integrative, and Comparative Physiology. 2022
9. Mattes R, Rowe SB, Ohlhorst SD, Brown AGM, Brown AW, Hoffman DJ, Liska DJ, Fesken EJM, Dhillon J, Tucker KL, Epstein LH, Neufeld LM, Kelley M, Rukawgawa NK, Sunde RA, Zeisel SH, Basile AJ, Jackson E, Borth LE. Valuing the Diversity of Research Methods to Advance Nutrition Research. Advances in Nutrition. 2022
10. Basile AJ, Kirkton SD, Hedrick MS, Carey HV, Sweazea KL. Defining Comparative Physiology: Results from an Online Survey and Systematic Review. American Journal of Physiology. Regulation, Integrative, and Comparative Physiology. 2021
11. Basile AJ, Renner MW, Kayata L, Deviche P, Sweazea KL. A Four-Week Urban Diet Impairs Vasodilation but Not Nutritional Physiology in Wild-caught Mourning Doves (Zenaida macroura). Physiological and Biochemical Zoology. 2021
12. Basile AJ, Renner MW, Hidaka BH, Sweazea KL. An evolutionary mismatch narrative to improve lifestyle medicine: A patient education hypothesis. Evolution, Medicine, and Public Health. 2021
13. Basile AJ, Mohr AE, Jasbi P, Gu H, Deviche P, Sweazea KL. A four-week high fat diet does not alter plasma glucose or metabolic physiology in wild-caught mourning doves (Zenaida macroura). Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology – Part A. 2020
14. Basile AJ, Schwartz D, Stapell H. Paleo then and now: a five-year follow-up survey of the ancestral health movement. Journal of Evolution and Health 2020 
15. Basile AJ, Jasbi P, Clark W, Shi X, Gu H, Deviche P, Sweazea KL. A four-week white bread diet does not alter plasma glucose concentrations, metabolic or vascular physiology in mourning doves, Zenaida Macroura. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology – Part A. 2020  
16. Mohr AE, Mayra ST, Gnant L, Basile AJ, Sweazea KL. Nutrition and dietetic students’ knowledge and attitudes regarding food science and technology. Journal of Food Science Education. 2020
17. Arad AD, Basile AJ, Albu J, DiMenna F. No influence of overweight/obesity on exercise lipid oxidation: A systematic review. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 2020  
18. Mohr AE, Carpenter KC, Basile AJ, Crawford MS, Sweazea KL. Probiotic supplementation has a limited effect on circulating immune and inflammatory markers in healthy adults: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials. Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. 2019
19. Basile AJ, Schwartz DB, Rigdon J, Stapell HM. Status of evolutionary medicine within the field of nutrition and dietetics: A survey of professionals and students. Evolution, Medicine, and Public Health. 2018 
20. Glendinning JI, Frim YG, Hochman A, Lubitz GS, Basile AJ, Sclafani A. Glucose elicits cephalic-phase insulin release in mice by activating K(ATP) channels in taste cells. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2017 

Select Interviews and Talks

Dish With Dina - How Evolution Shapes Nutrition: A Conversation with Dr. Anthony Basile - Link
SUNY New Paltz Evolutionary Studies Seminar - The Rise and Fall of the Paleo Diet - Link
Please do not feed the birds? - Effect of an urban diet on Mourning Doves - Life Lines by Dr. Dolittle sponsored by the American Physiological Society - LINK
Defining Comparative Physiology - Life Lines by Dr. Dolittle sponsored by the American Physiological Society - LINK
Ciencia Del Fitness - Ep 6 Dietas de Moda con Anthony Basile, MS, NDTR - LINK
Working From Home with Mrs. Boltz - Nutritionist Interview - LINK
Ancestral Health Symposium 2019 - What does an evolutionary perspective on diet tell us about promoting health? - LINK
Darwinian Medicine - Are nutritionists ready to embrace evolutionary science? 10 questions with Anthony J. Basile - LINK
30/30 Strong: Ep 83 An Interview with Anthony J. Basile, MS, NDTR - LINK