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SOY SERIES: Part 3 of 3
Soy products – future opportunities & novel applications

Tuesday 8 November 2022

Webinar: 140 mins

SOY SERIES: Part 3 of 3
Soy products – future opportunities & novel applications

Tuesday 8 November 2022

Webinar: 140 mins

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Free

120mins

A GLOBAL EVENT FOR HEALTH PROFESSIONALS, POLICY MAKERS, ACADEMICS AND STUDENTS

This event is the final part of a special three-part webinar series on The Future of Soya for Health and Sustainability – Sharing Global Learnings. Soy has been part of the traditional Asian cuisine for centuries – and it is fast becoming an increasing part of the global diet. In this series, you will hear from internationally-acclaimed experts discussing the latest research across the globe and exploring the future of soy – for both health and sustainability.

Part 3 of this series will provide you with an overview of the very latest significant peer-reviewed research papers future opportunities and novel applications of soy. It will look at the latest data on soy polyphenols in relation to the gut barrier. You will learn about the potential role of Soy-based foods in supporting the maintenance of skeletal muscle where we will ask the question “could soy be part of the diet in long-distance space journeys?”. We also explore Soybean as a source of spermidine, along with the potential future role of soy peptide intake in relation to depression-related behavior.

THIS WEBINAR HAS BEEN DESIGNED FOR:

  • Academics
  • Industry professionals
  • Policy makers
  • Child health professionals
  • Dietitians
  • Nutritionists
  • Other health professionals with an interest in this topic

The webinar will include recorded lectures from the speakers; each will also answer audience questions, which you can submit in advance when you register.

At each live screening, Chair Tanya Haffner will be providing insights, and nutrition and dietetics expert, Sue Baic, will be discussing and addressing some live questions with Tanya. A full question and answer document will also be provided to attendees after the event.

Watch part one and part two of the series on-demand.

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Melissa Mogor

Programme outline

Chair’s welcome (5 minutes)

Tanya Haffner
CEO, Registered Dietitian, MyNutriWeb

@mynutriweb

Tanya Haffner's biography

Tanya is an Irish born, UK trained dietitian and nutritionist. She previously founded Nutrilicious Communications, the first solely dedicated nutrition communications agency in the UK, which has supported multiple change agents in food and health over 20 years. Now, the culmination of her mission to help everyone to eat well is the award winning MyNutriWeb.com, which uses all her experience and network, curating and running authentic influential learning and dialogue events, including traditional conferences, policy, networking, and training opportunities. Supporting and empowering all health professionals and other change agents in food with nutrition matters is in Tanya’s view, critical to improving citizens health whilst also helping to protect our planet. Tanya was awarded the Caroline Walker Trust Award for Freelance Nutritionist of the Year 2021 which recognises distinctive and outstanding work in promoting public health which maintains and advances the standards of food and nutrition. Tanya has recently taken up the role of chair of the BDA Sustainable diets group and is looking forward to working with the BDA to help advance the professions impact on sustainable eating.

Melissa Mogor

Sue Baic
Freelance Registered Dietitian, Public Health Nutrition

@suebaic

Sue Baic’s biography
Sue is a Freelance Registered Dietitian with over 30 years’ experience in the field of public health nutrition. She has worked as a Senior Lecturer and researcher at the University of Bristol and in public health settings including food banks and HM prison service. Sue has been the lead author on the soy reports from this series.
Melissa Mogor

Keynote speaker 1 – Polyphenols including soy isoflavones and their role in the gut barrier (25 minutes)

Dr Cristian Del Bo, PhD
Assistant Professor, University of Milan, Department of Food, Environmental and Nutritional Sciences, Division of Human Nutrition

Dr Cristian Del Bo’s biography
Cristian Del Bo is Assistant Professor of Human Nutrition at the Department of Food, Environmental and Nutritional Sciences, at the University of Milan, Italy. His research is focused on understanding the role of food bioactives in the modulation of metabolic and functional activities through in vitro and in vivo approaches.
Lecture outline and learning objectives

Leaky gut, or increased intestinal permeability, is a somewhat new concept that it is receiving increasing interest from the scientific community due to its putative role as risk factors for several diseases. It has been theorised that polyphenols may exert a positive modulation of the intestinal permeability; however, there is a lot of debate about their mechanisms and effects. This presentation will assess the current experimental evidence and explanations in scientific literature, as well as any limitation and potential gap to be covered in the context of polyphenols and leaky gut.

Watch this session to:

GAIN CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF:

  • The dietary factors potentially involved in the development of a leaky gut
  • The suggested mechanisms through which polyphenols can exert a protective effect at intestinal level by preventing a leaky gut condition.
  • The available scientific evidence on the effect of polyphenols, including soy isoflavones, on intestinal permeability.

BE AWARE OF:

  • The importance of preventing an alteration of tight junction proteins which are responsible for an increased leaky gut
  • Strengths and limitations of current evidence on the influence of polyphenols on intestinal barrier functionality at different levels
  • Further research needed to better comprehend the impact of polyphenols on leaky gut

BE ABLE TO:

  • Identify the possible risk factors associated with intestinal permeability.
  • Comprehend the potential mechanisms related to the role of polyphenols, including soy isoflavones, in the modulation of the intestinal permeability.
  • Recognise the limitations and identify the main gaps to cover in order to increase the evidence about polyphenols and leaky gut.

Q&As – recorded & live (10 minutes)

Tanya Haffner & Sue Baic, Expert Guest Dietitian

Melissa Mogor

Keynote speaker 2 – Soy-based foods to support maintenance of skeletal muscle; could it be part of the diet in long-distance space journeys? (25 minutes)

Prof Takeshi Nikawa
Professor, Department of Nutritional Physiology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Tokushima University Graduate School Manager, Institute of Space Nutrition, Tokushima University Graduate School

Prof Takeshi Nikawa’s biography

Professor Nikawa graduated from the Faculty of Medicine, Tokushima University in 1988. He received his PhD in 1991. He studied anti-oxidative nutrients at Physiological Chemistry 1st at Duesseldorf University (Professor Sies), Germany from 1992 to 1994. He studied muscle protein metabolism at Department of Nutritional Physiology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Tokushima University Graduate School from 1994 to the present. He is intensively developing the nutritional approach against unloading-mediated muscle atrophy. He has also performed space experiments at the International Space Station and Space Shuttle several times.

Lecture outline and learning objectives

Muscle atrophy is a common concern for people with extremely reduced mobility, but also for those experiencing microgravity for long periods of time such as astronauts. Peptides found in soy glycinin protein can help to prevent muscle atrophy. In this talk, we will learn about the mechanism behind how dietary soy glycinin protein increases muscle strength of bedridden people, and how it could potentially be used as a tool to support the diets of astronauts in long-distance space journeys.

Watch this session to:

GAIN CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF:

  • The mechanism of unloading-mediated muscle atrophy
  • Benefits of dietary soy proteins
  • What are functional proteins or peptides

BE AWARE OF:

  • The mechanism of unloading-mediated muscle atrophy
  • Nutritional approach to unloading muscle atrophy
  • Nutritional function of peptides derived from diets

BE ABLE TO:

  • Development of novel functional space foods
  • Development of anti-aging functional foods
  • Development of ubiquitin ligase inhibitors

Q&A – recorded & live (10 minutes)

Tanya Haffner & Sue Baic

Melissa Mogor

Short presentation 1 – New insights on interesting soy components: Soybean as a source of spermidine (10 minutes)

Professor Johann Vollmann
Associate Professor, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna (BOKU) Austria

Professor Johann Vollmann’s biography
Training in agricultural sciences / crop sciences. University teaching in crop sciences, plant breeding, applied genetics. Research expertise and interests: Breeding of soybean and other oilseed crops, genetic resources, main focus on harvest product quality for food uses, seed protein content, health and food safety traits.
Lecture outline and learning objectives

Spermidine is a naturally occurring polyamine functioning as a cellular autophagy inducer with various health benefits. Soybean is a superior food source for spermidine and its precursors. Spermidine concentrations are subject to variation in seeds and soy-food products.

Watch this session to:

GAIN CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF:

  • Natural polyamines
  • Spermidine and its functions
  • Soybean seed constituents

BE AWARE OF:

  • Spermidine sources
  • Spermidine distribution in the seed
  • Natural variation of polyamine concentration

BE ABLE TO:

  • Consider the health value of spermidine
  • Assess spermidine levels of soy-foods
  • Reconsider the value of soy-foods

Q&A – recorded & live (10 minutes)

Tanya Haffner & Sue Baic

Melissa Mogor

Short presentation 2 – Soy peptide intake and improvement of depression-related behavior (10 minutes)

Professor Shigeki Furuya
Division of Biosystems Engineering, Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Kyushu University, Japan

Professor Shigeki Furuya’s biography
After earning a degree in molecular biology, he worked as a researcher at the Brain Science Institute of RIKEN, a national research institute in Japan, before taking a position at Kyushu University.
Lecture outline and learning objectives

Epidemiological studies suggest that diet quality may influence the prevalence of mood disorders. The relationship between diet quality, behaviour, and brain molecular expression is currently unknown. This presentation highlights recent research looking at soy peptide intake and its impact on depression -related behaviour and brain gene expression in mice.

Watch this session to:

GAIN CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF:

  • Benefits and limitations of assessing the effects of specific food components on brain function
  • How to evaluate mood disorder-related behaviours in rodents
  • Current methods for analysis of gene expression on a whole genome scale

BE AWARE OF:

  • How brain function is affected by diet
  • The impact of different proteins depending on their origin and the form in which they are ingested
  • Soy components and their potential impact on brain health

BE ABLE TO:

  • Explain the impact of this study on dietary advice
  • Communicate risks and benefits based on molecular nutritional research to the public
  • Explain the merits of animal behavioural study as well as its limitations

Q&A – recorded & live (10 minutes)

Tanya Haffner & Sue Baic

Wrap up and Close

CPD CERTIFICATE & LEARNING MATERIALS

This event is approved for CPD by the AfN

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This webinar is being run in association with Alpro Foundation and The Fuji Foundation for Protein Research

About Alpro Foundation
Alpro Foundation is an independent non-profit organisation that was founded in 1996 in order to support scientific research into nutrition and to promote knowledge and awareness of plant-based nutrition, health and sustainability. Various resources for academics, health professionals and students can be found on their website www.alprofoundation.org

About Fuji Foundation for Protein Research
Fuji Foundation for Protein Research was established to support soy protein research and thereby contribute to human health, nutrition and food sustainability.
The Fuji Oil Group established The Research Committee of Soy Protein Nutrition in 1979 in Japan to advance both basic research and applications knowledge relating to soy. This Committee was the forerunner of the Fuji Foundation for Protein Research, a Japan-registered charity that promotes research on plant protein, in particular soy.
Since 1991, the Foundation has made grants to Japan-based research groups investigating plant protein in 4 subject areas:

  • Nutrition & health
  • Functionality
  • Plant cultivation
  • Food culture

To date, these awards the focus has been on soy protein research. However, the Foundation plans to expand its activities to other plant proteins and offer grants to overseas researchers from 2023 onwards. English language website www.fujiproteinfoundation.org

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