To demonstrate health benefits of prebiotics, look beyond their effect on the microbiota and include metabolomics
This paper describes very adequately where we stand regarding demonstrating of health benefits of prebiotics. It highlights the main challenges and opportunities from a European health claim perspective. The main challenge is: Given the complex composition of the microbiota, demonstration of beneficial effects of prebiotics is difficult if one only looks at changes in microbiota composition. The main opportunity is: The exploration […]
Gut colonization with an ancient bacterium is associated with childhood obesity
The larger the numbers of the predominant archeon, Methanobrevibacter smithii, in the human gut, the greater the risk of obesity. This is the conclusion of scientists at the Maastricht University Medical Center from a cohort study of almost 500 children aged six to ten years. These findings confirm an earlier study in rats showing a […]
Meet Einerhand Science & Innovation at Food Ingredients Europe, December 2nd, 2015 in Paris
Use the chance and listen to Sandra Einerhand’s talk about Prebiotics in infant formula: One step closer to breast milk Description: • Explaining the importance of breast milk for a baby’s health and development • How to recreate the nutritional benefits of breast milk with prebiotics • Prebiotics in early life nutrition: where do we […]
Should we add prebiotics to infant formula to mimic human milk oligosaccharides in breast milk?
Please have a look at this recent review written by VandenPlas et al to find the answer. VandenPlas et al, Br J Nutr 2015
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Nowadays we live in a world where information is available everywhere and knowledge is created with increasing speed. This book about innovation describes the drastic changes in the way companies deal with innovation to adapt to the landscape change. It proposes new tools to help companies improve their performance in terms of innovation intelligence The […]