Functional Foods linking nutrients to disease. Cameron...Enhance Nitric Oxide Synthesis 37 . 42 ....
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Functional Foods – linking nutrients to disease.
Professor David Cameron-Smith
Chair in Nutrition
Liggins Institute
University of Auckland
New Zealand
Functional/Dysfunctional
• Will the real functional food stand up?
• Dysfunctional food
–Too much, too often
• Fats - form, function and physiology
• Sweetness and light
• The ORIGINAL SUPERFOODS
• Antioxidants – yes/no
• Why eat rabbit food?
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1972
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Atherosclerosis
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Breakfast Lunch Dinner 4:00am Breakfast 0:00am
Postprandial Postabsorptive Fasting
Monier L. Eur. J. Clin. Invest. 30(suppl 2): 3-11, 2000
How we spend our day….
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We eat…often
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The emerging role of Inflammation
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Dietary Fats and CHD
The REAL Mediterranean Diet
To make it tasty……
Trans – Fatty Acids
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Industrially generated trans FA
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Mozaffarian et al, N. Engl. J. Med. 354: 1601-1613, 2006
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Polyunsaturates
Simopoulos, AP. Am. J. Clin. Nutr. 70(suppl):560S-9S, Data from Eaton SB & Connor W
Note:
High n-6 to n-3 ratio
16 Din et al. BMJ 2004; 328: 30
Eicosanoid Products
Omega-3 fatty acids
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Resolution of Inflammation
Ru-Rong J et al. Trends in Neurosci. 2011; 34(11; 599-609)
SUPER foods and drinks
Sucrose = glucose + fructose
Satiety
Back to Superfoods
Prebiotics and Health
Plant Secondary Metabolites
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