Keynote Presentation
New Insights into the Metabolic Functions of Adipose Pyruvate Kinase M2
Ahmed Bettaieb, University of Tennessee Knoxville, USA
Pyruvate kinase M2 (PKM2) is primarily a tetrameric enzyme that catalyzes the transfer of a phosphate from phosphoenolpyruvate to ADP, resulting in pyruvate and ATP. PKM2 is abundant during embryogenesis and in specific adult tissues such as adipose and pancreatic islets. New evi [....]
Global Nutrition: Challenges and Solutions
Sandra Poirier, Middle Tennessee State University, USA
Food insecurity is a global issue with significant effects on human health. However, while many efforts have been made in addressing hunger and improving health, continued progress is still necessary at many levels. This presentation explores how, in today’s connected globa [....]
Hunger and Hidden Hunger from Contemporary Perspectives
Zhang Weiguo, Independent Scientist, USA
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Creating Nutrition Behaviour Change in Professional Sport: An Applied Example from Professional Horseracing
Dan Martin, Liverpool John Moores University, UK
Despite the knowledge of the detrimental effects on both health and athletic performance of severely low energy diets and rapid weight loss methods, professional jockeys maintain archaic weight management and weight making practices. This presentation acknowledges that knowledge [....]
Impacts on gut and adipose tissue of a long-term co-exposure to the pesticide Chlorpyrifos and a high fat diet in male rat offspring
Jerome Gay-Queheillard, Picardy Jules Verne university, France
Background/aims: The perinatal period is characterized by a strong plasticity of physiological systems explaining the higher individual sensitivity to environmental factors (foetal programming). An association of junk food and early exposure to pesticide residues seem to be inv [....]
Therapeutic ketosis and the broad field of applications for the ketogenic diet: Ketone ester applications & clinical updates
Raffaele Pilla, St. John of God Hospital, Italy
It has been recently shown that nutritional ketosis is effective against seizure disorders and various acute/chronic neurological disorders. Physiologically, glucose is the primary metabolic fuel for cells. However, many neurodegenerative disorders have been associated with impai [....]
microRNAs and Gut Microbiota: Is there a link? Update and Review
Angelo Michele Carella, T. Masselli-Mascia" Hospital, Italy
Gut Microbiota (GM), a microbial community gathering more than 100 trillion microorganisms in gastrointestinal tract, plays specific functions as nutrient metabolism, gut mucosa integrity, immunomodulation and protection against pathogens; GM also controls adipose tissue expansio [....]
Beneficial effect of Dietary changes and Nutritional supplements on Symptoms of ADHD
Jacques Duff, Victoria University, Australia
Highly processed foods and deficits in nutrients are associated with poor mental health outcomes. This recent study examined the effect of a six-month diet that eliminated gluten, dairy (with A1 protein), food colourings, additives and preservatives, and nutrient supplementation [....]
Dehydrated cherries osmotically with lactitol
Mariela Beatriz Maldonado, Universidad Tecnológica Nacional- Facultad Regional Mendoza, Argentina
Trials of canned cherries in syrup with lactitol were made with different ratios of lactitol: 25 and 50% with an improved nutritional profile. Three formulations of cherries were developed: Witness: sucrose 100%, T1: sucrose75%-lactitol 25% and T2: sucrose50%-lactitol 50%. In com [....]
Technology and The Future of Pig Nutrition
David Henman, Rivalea Australia, Australia
Technology has accelerated the development of pig nutrition as we have moved from formulating with 10 nutrients to now up to 200 nutrients. Precision has replaced the art of nutrition as diagnostic tools such as NIR are now common place in most feed mills. In-depth diagnostic tes [....]
Factors affecting quality of beef – from animal feeding to nutrition value of cooked meat
Monika Modzelewska-Kapitula, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Poland
During the presentation factors affecting beef quality will be discussed, starting from cattle diet, followed by ageing period and thermal treatment used, and the results of our own research will be presented. In the past, beef was produced from pasture-fed cattle carcasses, w [....]
Development and evaluation of novel food bars supplemented containing Lentinula edodes as a nutraceutical
Denise Grotto, University of Sorocaba, Brazil
Demand and consumption for food with a functional character have grown a lot, as well as the development of new products, beneficial for health. In this context, the cereal bars appear. They are products with good acceptance in the market and whose demand has been growing constan [....]
Screening of natural components as potential inhibitors of the ATP synthase, a potent target to overcome antibacterial resistance
Hala Nehme, Lebanese University, Lebanon
Most bacteria are harmless and valuable germs whereas some constitute major threats on public health. In fact, Escherichia coli has been recently classified by the World Health Organization (WHO) as being one among other bacteria causing serious antimicrobial resistance. Therefor [....]
Complex B vitamins in physical exercise
Ines Gaspar, Portugal
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