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Diet, ethnicity and the metabolic syndrome: Risk factors for South Asians (August 2013)
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he South Asian population in the United Kingdom has been reported to be at high risk of developing cardiovascular diseases and type 2 diabetes. These two chronic diseases are the end result of a condition known as the metabolic syndrome. Although metabolic syndrome and its association to dietary patterns has been reported in various studies, most research has focused on Western countries and ethnic minority populations have been overlooked to a great extent. Using detailed dietary information the objective of this work was to describe the dietary patterns of South Asians and to investigate their association with metabolic syndrome risk factors. Further, the study aimed to recognize lifestyle risk factors associated to ethnicity including religion, acculturation, education level and income. Although results were in accordance with the existing literature in terms of diet composition, the examination of additional risk factors demonstrates the importance of developing public health prevention strategies tailored to the different minority ethnic groups in the UK’s heterogeneous population.

Food Lipids: Chemistry, Nutrition and Biotechnology (Dezember 2018)

Functional Foods (November 2017)

Probiotics and Prebiotics in Food, Nutrition and Health (November 2017)
Since
approximately 2000 BC, some form of medicine has been practiced for the treatment of maladies. Beginign with the use of roots, then progressing to using prayer and potions, and, ultimately, in the 1940s, to the discovery and use of pharmaceuticals, particularly antibiotics, the use of external concoctions to aid the body in regaing and maintaining a state of health has been persued by both the lay man and the health professional. Currently, it has become apparent that most medication and alleopathic forms of medicine, although curative for many conditions, are not without risk and may have many adverse effects. This is particularly evident with the use of antibiotics, which are leading to the creation of resistant strains of bacteria that are often more deadly than those originally being treated. To counteract these effects of antibiotics, scientists have returned to natural substances, such as probiotics.Probiotics, probiotic research and probiotic foods are fast growing topics. Probiotics are living microorganisms that, when consumed, have the potential to confer a beneficial health effect. Most scientists today will agree that the microbiome plays an important physiological role for the host when it comes to bacterial interaction. Thus, dietry modifications to manipulate said interaction are being explored. In principle, there are two major strategies for influencing the microbiota: one is the use of living bacteria added to the food, which must survive the gastrointestinal tract to be active in the colon (probiotics). The second strategy is the use of dietary ingredients that are nondigestible, reach the colon, and can be used by health-promoting colonic bacteria (prebiotics). Most people today suffer from some form of diet-related health condition, including obesity, cancer, hypersensitivity, vascular diseases and degenerative ailments. The use of prebiotics as a functional food component in the diet seems to be an attractive alternative to improve the quality of life from the previously mentioned health conditions. This possibility is being explored by several clinical trails, the food industry, and large scale research project such as the Human Microbiome Project. All of these efforts are expected to revolutionize the prebiotic and probiotic world by developing specific functional properties. Health claims related to pre and probiotics include the prevention of weight gain in adolescents and improving immunity in geriatrics and infants. These functional foods are also expected to enter the dermatological sector and boost skin health, perhaps not in their food form but encapsulated. Prebiotics are also likelt to replace the antibiotics used as growth stimulants in apiary, fishery, poultry and animal husbandry. The clinical significance of both pre and probiotics remains to be clarified, the claims of efficacy proved and underlying mechanism decoded. Owing to its wide range of preventative and therapeutic possibilities prebiotic and probiotic research is certainly catching momentum.

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Teilnahme an internationalen Konferenzen
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Development of a plant-based dietary supplement to address life-cycle needs of the European female population. | 21st Euro-Global Summit on Food and Beverages. | Berlin, Germany | March 2018 |
Development of a plant-based dietary supplement to address critical micronutrient needs of women of child-bearing age in Europe. | 20thInternational Conference on Food Science, Food Safety Policy and Management System. | Prague, Czech Republic | March 2018 |
Nutrition for the elderly | Mexican Association for Education and Development | Cuernavaca, Mexico | July 2017 |
University life and food: feed your brain | Intra University Awareness Tour for GUST, ACK, and BoxHill Universities | Mishref, Kuwait | Oktober 2016 |
Sports Nutrition | The Public Authority for Sports’ Sports Nutrition Conference | Khaldiya, Kuwait | September 2016 |
Mapping the food culture of the Middle East through dietary patterns | Second Kuwait International Conference on Life Sciences | Shuwaikh, Kuwait | April 2016 |
Factors that determine an obesogenic environment in Kuwait | Sprecher beim Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research | Kuwait City, Kuwait | September 2015 |
Food Security in the Middle East and North Africa | ICFSN 2015 : International Conference on Food Security and Nutrition | Istanbul, Türkei | Januar 2015 |
Components of an Obesogenic Environment in Kuwait | 3rd World Congress of Public Health Nutrition | Las Palmas, Spanien | November 2014 |
Ordering food online: the habits of Kuwait’s residents | 20thInternational Congress of Nutrition | Granada, Spanien | September 2013 |
Nutrient intake assessment of migrant populations using country of origin vs. host country recommendations: implications for public health policies | 4th Conference on Migrant and Ethnic Minority Health in Europe | Mailand, Italien | Juni 2012 |
Consumption of ethnic foods in Europe | 6th Central European Congress on Food | Novi Sad, Serbien | Mai 2012 |
The impact of micronutrients on cardiovascular disease risk | 4 ème édition de la Journée Scientifique de Nutrition de Sup’Santé | Casablanca, Marokko | Mai 2012 |
L’évolution des recommandations en nutrition | Sprecher, Ecole Supérieure Privée de Nutrition et du Paramédical | Casablanca, Marokko | Oktober 2011 |
Dietary implications for health | Mathematics and Physical Sciences Post-Graduate Researcher of the Year Conference | Leeds, Großbritannien | Oktober 2011 |
South Asian dietary patterns identified using ethnic food composition data | 9thInternational Food Data Conference | Norwich, Großbritannien | September 2011 |
Length of residency and non-communicable diseases in the UK’s South Asian community: obesity, diabetes and heart disease | 2ndInternational Congress of Abdominal Obesity | Buenos Aires, Argentinien | Februar 2011 |
The impact of diet on health | 1st Leeds Post Graduate Research Conference | Leeds, Großbritannien | November 2010 |
Diet quality and physical activity index: comparison between ethnic groups in the UK | Meeting for the India Partnering Award BBSRC | Mysore, Indien | Oktober 2010 |
Nutrition transition in the UK: the case of South Asians | II World Congress of Public Health Nutrition and I Latin American Congress of Community Nutrition. | Oporto, Portugal | September 2010 |
Fruit and vegetable consumption among British Indians in the UK | EGEA VI Conference | Brüssel, Belgien | June 2010 |