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1 The regulation of appetite is a vital component of
general health – both physical and psychological.
Introduction
About the value
of controlling appetite
Dr. Michel INFANTES
Nutrition Director at Mondele–z International R&D, Saclay, France
The relationship between diet quality and metabolic health is In October 2015, we hosted a symposium at the 12th European
increasingly recognized as being critical for the prevention of non-
communicable diseases. Carbohydrates, and especially starch, Nutrition Conference (FENS) in Berlin to share in-depth knowledge10 TH European Nutrition Conference of
irrefutably play a role in this relationship, as they are major Paris, 10-13 July 2007
components of the diet. Numerous studies have shown that not all
starches are the same. Indeed, the intrinsic properties of starch (such and advances related to slow-release carbohydrates, their sources,
as its chemical structure) and food processing conditions can greatly
influence its digestibility, as well as the postprandial glycemic and physiological and health effects. This booklet contains a summary of
insulinemic responses.
the presentations delivered by the three experts invited to speak at
As a company that manufactures cereal foods, for over twenty years
we have investigated carbohydrate quality and, more specifically, the symposium:
the effect of starch digestibility on the metabolic fate of ingested
carbohydrates. We have engaged in long-term collaborations with • First, Dr. Sophie Vinoy (Mondele-z International R&D) introduced
several leading academic laboratories such as the Rhône-Alpes SDS and presented its relationship to the extent of starch
Research Center for Human Nutrition (CRNH Rhône-Alpes, France) and gelatinization in processed cereal foods and its impact on the
the Clinical Research Institute of Montreal (IRCM, Canada). Ten years postprandial glycemic response in humans.
ago, we participated in the European research project EUROSTARCH
[www.eurostarch.com] that investigated how different starches are • Then, Prof. Martine Laville (Lyon University, France) –who also
digested and metabolized in the body. chaired this session– presented clinical evidence regarding the
acute effect of SDS on postprandial carbohydrate metabolism, as
The ability of the fraction of slowly but fully digestible starch –called well as promising findings regarding other health parameters.
Slowly Digestible Starch (SDS)– to moderate the postprandial
glycemic response has been acknowledged in several countries, • Finally, Prof. Edith Feskens (Wageningen University, Netherlands)
based on health claim dossiers submitted by Mondele-z International. addressed the role of postprandial hyperglycemia in the genesis
This has been recognized, for example, by the European Commission of metabolic diseases, and the scientific interest in reducing
[Regulation (EU) No. 851/2013] and the Colombian National Institute glycemia through lifestyle interventions.
for Food and Drug Vigilance (INVIMA) [INVIMA, 2013].
We hope that you will find these proceedings interesting. A summary
of this symposium was also published recently in Food & Nutrition
Research [Vinoy et al., 2016]. We invite you to visit our Nutrition
Science Corner website [www.mondeleznutritionscience.com], where
you can read this symposium summary and our other publications
on this topic.
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