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 Current development of food factor research has accumulated a book of knowledge about the mechanism of their physiological action at molecular level. This allows us to design the basic strategy for practical use of food functions not only in disease prevention and anti-aging but also in cooperative use with modern medical treatment to improve therapeutic efficacy or to reduce disadvantageous side effects.For the goal, we have to learn more about the similarity and difference in the mode of action of food or food factor and drug. Therefore, we will discuss several topics, in the present symposium, such as the oxidative stress as a modulator of food factor function, the molecular targets of food factor in chemoprevention, diabetic, dementia and anti-aging. Further discussion will be focused on the strategy for applying food function in supplement and functional food.FIELDS COVERED 1.Molecular bases of cancer chemoprevention2.Molecular bases of metabolic disease prevention3.Multiple functions of antioxidant molecules4.Stress and disease prevention5.Food functions for disease prevention and amelioration6.Anti-aging as basic strategy for disease preventionTwo day session includes plenary lectures, invited lectures and oral & poster presentations. We, organizers hope those who are interested in this exciting research area will join this symposium and enjoy scientific and cultural exchange with colleagues in beautiful and nourish city, Niigata. |
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Tetsuya Konishi, Ph.D.
Chairperson for 5th International Niigata Symposium Organization Committee |
| History and Background |
| The International Niigata symposium on Diet and Health is one of the events of "The World Forum on Food and Flowers in Niigata" that is an annual event held in Niigata city since 2005. Every year, some experts were invited from abroad and discussed on specific topics related to foods and health issues such as "the safety and supply of foods" (2005), "Food functions" (2006)and "Shoku-iku(food culture education) (2007)". Since 2008, this symposium was renewed to be more academic and to address the topics on the role of food factors and natural products in ant-aging, a basic strategy for the prevention of diseases hampering QOL in the longevity society such as cancer, lifestyle-related and neurodegenerative disease. The symposium also focuses our interests on the integrative or complementary role of dietary supplements and natural products that would be more important and practical in cancer therapy in modern medicine. |
