Description
This selection of key presentations from the Food Structures, Digestion and Health conference is devoted to the unique and challenging interface between food science and nutrition, and brings together scientists across several disciplines to address cutting-edge research issues. Topics include modeling of the gastrointestinal tract, effect of structures on digestion, and design for healthy foods.New knowledge in this area is vital to enable the international food industry to design of a new generation of foods with enhanced health and sensory attributes. The multidisciplinary approach includes research findings by internationally renowned scientists, and presents new research findings important and pertinent to professionals in both the food science and nutrition fields.- Describes the science underpinning typical food structures providing guidance on food structure in different conditions- Includes novel approaches to the design of healthy foods using real-world examples of applied research and design written by top leaders in the area- Describes and validates model systems for understanding digestion and predicting digestion kinetics
Table of Contents
Section 1: Understanding food structures in natural and processed foods and their behavior during physiological processing1. Understanding food structures: The colloid science approach2. Processing of food structures in the gastrointestinal tract and physiological responses3. The basis of structure in dairy-based foods: Casein micelles and their properties4. The milk fat globule membrane: Structure, methodology for its study and functionalitySection 2: Impact of food structures and matrices on nutrient uptake and bioavailability5. Exploring the relationship between fat surface area and lipid digestibility6. Protein - polysaccharide interactions and digestion of the complex particles7. Muscle structure and digestive enzyme bio-accessibility to intracellular compartment8. Cotyledon cell structure and in vitro starch digestion in navy beansSection 3: Modelling the gastrointestinal tract9. Mathematical models of food degradation in the human stomach10. An improved understanding of gut function through high-resolution mapping and multiscale computational modelling of the gastrointestinal tract11. Novel approaches to tracking the breakdown and modification of food proteins through digestion12. Dynamics of gastric contents during digestion-computational and rheological considerationsSection 4: Food developments to meet the modern challenges of human health13. Applying structuring approaches for satiety: Challenges faced, lessons learned14. Technological means to modulate food digestion and physiological response15. Describing dietary energy – Towards the formulation of specialist weight-loss foods16. Combined phytosterol and fish oil therapy for lipid lowering and cardiovascular health17. Dairy materials as delivery tools for bioactive components in dairy platforms18. The importance of microbiota and host interactions throughout life
