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Omega 3, dietary protein veer Nutrition Summit 2nd day towards balanced diet
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Friday, 20 April, 2018, 08 : 00 AM [IST]
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Shraddha Joshi and Subhashri Iyer, Mumbai
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Insightful presentations by experts on topics related to nutrition, Omega 3, dietary protein, and prebiotics dominated the concluding day of the 3rd Annual Nutrition Summit, a two-day nutrition meet, held here at Holiday Inn hotel on April 18 and 19, 2018.
The day unfolded with Dr Naaznin Husein, president, Indian Dietetic Association, Mumbai Chapter, throwing light on how nutrition has become an important area and how industry personnel are working positively to develop various solutions. “However there is still a huge gap to fill by becoming more responsible in labelling and portion control.”
The presentation was followed by Dr Narinder Sahni, advisor, Lipomic Healthcare India Pvt. Ltd, tackling the topic - “Measuring imbalance in blood fatty acids as surrogate indicator of chronic inflammation.” Sahni discussed and presented scientific arguments for measuring blood fatty acid profiles and how these can be related to diet-induced chronic inflammation. He brought into focus various case studies and summary measures proposed such as Omega 3, Omega 6-Omega 3 ratio and the ratio between Arachidonic acid and Eicosapentaenoic acid (AA:EPA) and justify their use as markers of inflammation.
The next expert of the day, Dr Shweta Khandelwal, associate professor, Public Health Foundation of India, presented on Omega 3, the meeting point of nutrition and medicine. She discussed how Omega 3s play important role in the body as components of the phospholipids that form the structures of cell membranes and health benefits of n-3 PUFAs.
She said, "Indian diets are predominantly vegetarian and relatively low in fat and main source of fat are of plant origin rather than animal origin. So Indian diet is low in saturated FA, high in n6 and very low in n 3 PUFAs. A large majority of Indians do not consume n3 PUFAs and even non-vegetarians consume negligible amount of marine fish."
She ended by stating that there is no shortcut to balanced diet and single nutrient studies are important but understand the public health messaging i.e., we eat foods not isolated fractions.
The session made way for panel discussions. The first panel discussion was about "Phenotype and metabolic disorders: Diabetes, thyroid, pcos and pcod." The panel included eminent personalities like Dr Naaznin Husein; Dr Jagmeet Madan, principal and professor, department - food nutrition and dietetics; Dr Shweta Khandelwal; and Dr Bhavna Sharma, senior scientist, innovation, GSK Consumer Healthcare India.
The panel illuminated the gathering on topics such as functional food obesity, hormonal regulations and management, and role of proteins in controlling obesity to improve energy and performance. Dr Khandelwal untangled doubts on the topic of body fats, she illustrated that fats are bifurcated into two categories - subcutaneous fats and visceral fats.
Subcutaneous fats are fats that are mostly visible (e.g., abdominal or belly fat). Visceral fats are fats that surround the organs inside the body. Visceral fats are the ones associated with cardiovascular and metabolic problems. Throwing light on protein metabolism, Dr Sharma expounded,"One has to set back and evaluate genetics imply, exercise imply and food imply in food and nutrition.” According to her, lean mass can obstruct healthy growth problems. Dr Madan put forth her view on how Indian diet is getting depleted of protein which leads to metabolic syndromes. She illuminated that Indians mostly being vegetarians, the diet should be more inclined towards carbohydrates as compared to fats. The panel came to a conclusion by explaining how visceral fats have a capacity of predisposing a lot of dietary and metabolic disorders.
“Nutritional solutions for healthy ageing,” a deep dive session into the latest research and the next generation of ingredients for supplement solutions that aid healthy ageing was presented by Dr Femke Hannes, regional lead for nutrition, science and advocacy, DSM Nutritional Products Ltd, Asia-Pacific region. She said that the world population was ageing rapidly and global life expectancy was 60 years of age. And Asia will be leading this senior category. India is facing a rapid change in population dynamic.
She added, "We grow older but not in a healthy way. Health expectancy is 10 years less than life expectancy and last decade is marketed by disability and diseases. Poor diet is a leading cause for losing year to disability to death in India.
Dr Hannes stated, "Ageing can be influenced that is it can be accelerated by stress, poor diet and adverse environment. Whereas it can be delayed by good diet, lifestyle and favourable environment.” According to her, inadequate micronutrient intake affects health and performance and thus a balanced intake of all essential nutrition is required for long-term healthy life. Simple nutritional intervention has shown to bring health to years of life."
Following the round table conference, Dr Nandan Joshi, head, nutrition science and medical affairs, Danone India, elucidated the role of prebiotics in early life nutrition. He spoke about human milk consumption and prebiotics in human milk, role of prebiotics in shaping gut health and immunity in infants and about clinical evidences globally and in India. He explained about how breastfeeding is essential for human health and how immune system works. He pointed out why change in NCDs was so increasingly common because of the change in exposome.
Other presentations for the day were based on topics like “Dietary protein quality evaluation in human nutrition” by Dr Bhavna Sharma focussing on proteins quality and bio-availability, protein quality assessment, impact of expanding the understanding of protein and amino acid needs for optimal health and determining protein bioavailability to optimise nutrition and industry relevant and translational technologies for herbal, nutra- and agro-based products for health and well being by Dr Sandeep B Kale, associate professor and deputy coordinator, DBT-ICT-CEB, Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai.
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