Keynote speaker
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 [....]
A new High Hydrostatic Pressure destroyed all pathogens including spores while preserving the Bioactive proteins of Donated Human Milk
Claude Billeaud, University in Bordeaux, France
Background: The main process used to pasteurize human milk is the low-temperature, long-time Holder method (HOLDER and recently investigated, the high-temperature, short-time method.Both processes lead to an appropriated inactivation of vegetative forms but are ineffective versus [....]
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 [....]
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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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 [....]
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 [....]
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 [....]
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 [....]
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 [....]
Complex B vitamins in physical exercise
Ines Gaspar, Portugal
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