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Day One highlights
Microbiome through life: Exploring new science and commercial strategies from the first 1,000 days to healthy aging. The day features Francesco Asnicar, University of Trento; John Deaton, Deerland Probiotics & Enzymes; Jennifer Gu, AIDP, Inc; Lindsay Hall, Quadram Institute and the Technical University of Munich; David Kyle, Evolve BioSystems, Inc.; Stephen Lindemann, Purdue University and Nathan Price, Institute for Systems Biology and Onegevity Health.
Day Two will look at
New opportunities and developing ideas in the science and business of the microbiome and will feature experts such as Mariette Abrahams, Qina; Charles Budinoff, IFF; Noah Voreades, GenBiome Consulting; Paul Wilmes, Luxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine; Mark Wright, Health Wright Products and Hariom Yadav, Wake Forest University
People often say: My family is from (fill in the blank) so that s why I love to eat the way I do. Now a new study debunks that and finds that no matter where your ancestors are from or what type of food you grew up on, there are two universal truths: Plant-based food is better for you, and processed food is worse for you. Beyond that, there may not be a single best diet for everyone, the study authors found. But those two truths are confirmed by this research. The authors and supervising doctors include researchers from Kings College, London, to Trento, Italy, Malmo Sweden, Madrid Spain, and Mass General, in Boston.
A diet rich in healthy and plant-based foods is linked with the presence and abundance of certain gut microbes that are also associated with a lower risk of developing conditions such as obesity, Type 2 diabetes, and cardiovascular disease, according to recent results from a large-scale international study that was co–senior authored by Andrew T. Chan, from Harvard-affiliated Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH). The report appears in Nature Medicine.
“This study demonstrates a clear association between specific microbial species in the gut, certain foods, and risk of some common diseases,” says Chan, a gastroenterologist, chief of the Clinical and Translational Epidemiology Unit at MGH, and professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School. “We hope to be able to use this information to help people avoid serious health problems by changing their diet to personalize their gut microbiome.”