NUTS2022 Conference - Where we are and where we are going in Research
https://nuts2022.com
Jordi Salas-Salvadó
Chairman
NUTS 2020 – Why? – https://nuts2022.com/why/
Over time, food consumption has deeply varied. In the late nineties, nuts were first discouraged due to their high fat content. However, in 1993, a publication derived from an U.S. nutrition intervention trial showed for the first time that walnut consumption significantly reduced serum cholesterol. From this moment, many randomized clinical trials, epidemiological studies and in vitro/in vivo mechanistic studies have explored and described the role of the consumption of different type of nuts on cardiovascular disease prevention, the management of lipid disorders, glycaemia and body weight, among other cardiometabolic and health-related conditions. Importantly, frequent nut consumption has also been associated with longevity, as assessed in landmark studies such as the Adventist Health Study, the Nurses' Health Study, the Health Professionals Follow-up Study, the Physicians' Health Study and the PREDIMED trial.
Based on available scientific evidence, specific health claims have been accepted for nuts. Particularly, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) admitted a health claim for nuts in general and for walnuts in particular concerning heart disease prevention. However, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) only agreed on specific health claim for walnuts regarding beneficial effects on endothelial function.
In summary, due to accumulating evidence on nut consumption and health outcomes, it seems fit recapitulate and examine in detail, what is well known and established and what avenues of knowledge are still lacking in nut research. Summarizing all the evidence coming from research on nuts is also an extraordinary opportunity to display to the different health agencies the beneficial roles ascribed to nuts. NUTS 2022 is a unique opportunity to merge researchers from all over the globe and set a precedent in nut research.
AIMS
To summarize all the evidence related to the beneficial effects of nuts on health.
To define new topics, needs and opportunities in nut research.
To share knowledge with food industry and set new primary objectives.
To develop scientific proceedings that summarize current knowledge of the nut-health axis.
KEY TOPICS – https://nuts2022.com/key-topics/
NUTS, ENERGY BALANCE AND BODY WEIGHT
NUTS, INSULIN RESISTANCE AND DIABETES
NUTS, LIPOPROTEINS, DYSLIPIDEMIA
NUTS AND THE GASTROINTESTINAL SYSTEM
NUTS, INFLAMMATION AND OXIDATION
NUTS, CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE OUTCOMES
NUT CONSUMPTION, AGEING AND COGNITION
NUTS AND CANCER
DRIED FRUIT AND HEALTH
FUTURE LINES OF RESEARCH
COMMITTEES – https://nuts2022.com/committees/
INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL
Cesarettin Alasalvar (Gebze, Turkey); David Jenkins (Toronto, Canada); Penny Kris-Etherton (Pennsylvania, USA); Emilio Ros (Barcelona, Spain); Joan Sabaté (Loma Linda, USA)
SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM COMMITTEE
Jordi Salas-Salvadó (Reus, Spain) - Chair; Cyril Kendall (Toronto, Canada); Joan Sabaté (Loma Linda, USA); David J Baer (Beltsville, USA); John Sievenpiper (Toronto, Canada); Aleix Sala-Vila (Barcelona, Spain); Marta Guasch-Ferré (Boston, USA)
LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
Jordi Salas-Salvadó (Reus, Spain); Emilio Ros (Barcelona, Spain)
SCIENTIFIC SECRETARIAT
Maria Pascual (Reus/Spain): Stephanie Nishi (Toronto, Canada)
Spearkers and moderators- https://nuts2022.com/speakers/
Scientific programme- https://nuts2022.com/scientific-programme/
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SPECIAL NUTRIENTS JOURNAL ISSUE "NUTS: WHERE WE ARE AND WHERE WE ARE GOING IN RESEARCH.
PROCEEDINGS FROM THE NUTS 2022 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
https://www.mdpi.com/journal/nutrients/special_issues/NUTS_2022
NUTS2022 (https://nuts2022.com/) is an international scientific meeting that will take place in Reus (Spain) on 20-21 October 2022. We want to take advantage of the high quality of the Nutrients journal in order to publish the proceedings from this important meeting that will gather different worldwide experts in the nut/dried fruits-disease axis. We plan on publishing at least 10 manuscripts following these key topics: (1) nuts, energy balance, and body weight; (2) nuts, insulin resistance, and diabetes; (3) nuts, lipoproteins, and dyslipidemia; (4) nuts and the gastrointestinal system; (5) nuts, inflammation, and oxidation; (6) nuts and cardiovascular disease outcomes; (7) nut consumption, aging, and cognition; (8) nuts and cancer; (9) dried fruit and health; and (10) future lines of research.
Special Issue Editors:
Prof. Dr. Jordi Salas-Salvadó, Guest Editor
Nutrition Unit, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Institut d'Investigació Sanitària Pere Virgili, University Hospital Sant Joan de Reus, Rovira i Virgili University, Reus, Spain. CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBEROBN), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain.
Prof. Emili Ros, Guest Editor
CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBEROBN), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, 28029 Madrid, Spain. Lipid Clinic, Department of Endocrinology and Nutrition, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Hospital Clínic, 08036 Barcelona, Spain.
Prof. Joan Sabaté, Guest Editor
School of Public Health, Center for Nutrition, Lifestyle, and Disease Prevention, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA, USA.
Dr. Sthepanie Nishi, Guest Editor
Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Departament de Bioquímica i Biotecnologia, Unitat de Nutrició, Reus, Spain. Institut d'Investigació Sanitària Pere Virgili (IISPV), Reus, Spain. Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y la Nutrición (CIBEROBN), Institute of Health Carlos III, Madrid, Spain. Toronto 3D (Diet, Digestive Tract and Disease) Knowledge Synthesis and Clinical Trials Unit, Toronto, ON, Canada. Clinical Nutrition and Risk Factor Modification Centre, St. Michael's Hospital, Unity Health Toronto, ON, Canada.
PUBLISHED 11 PAPERS
Salas-Salvadó, J.; Nishi, S.K.; Sabaté, J.; Ros, E.
Where We Are and Where We Are Going in Nut Research.
Nutrients 2023, 15, 1691. PMID: 37049530
https://doi.org/10.3390/nu15071691
Mandalari, G.; Gervasi, T.; Rosenberg, D.W.; Lapsley, K.G.; Baer, D.J.
Effect of Nuts on Gastrointestinal Health.
Nutrients 2023, 15, 1733. PMID: 37049572
https://doi.org/10.3390/nu15071733
Alasalvar, C.; Chang, S.K.; Kris-Etherton, P.M.; Sullivan, V.K.; Petersen, K.S.; Guasch-Ferré, M.; Jenkins, D.J.A.
Dried Fruits: Bioactives, Effects on Gut Microbiota, and Possible Health Benefits-An Update.
Nutrients 2023, 15, 1611. PMID: 37049451.
https://doi.org/10.3390/nu15071611
Bolling, B.W.; Aune, D.; Noh, H.; Petersen, K.S.; Freisling, H.
Dried Fruits, Nuts, and Cancer Risk and Survival: A Review of the Evidence and Future Research Directions.
Nutrients 2023, 15, 1443. PMID: 36986173
https://doi.org/10.3390/nu15061443
Baer, D.J.; Dalton, M.; Blundell, J.; Finlayson, G.; Hu, F.B.
Nuts, Energy Balance and Body Weight.
Nutrients 2023, 15, 1162. PMID: 36904160.
https://doi.org/10.3390/nu15051162
Rajaram, S.; Damasceno, N.R.T.; Braga, R.A.M.; Martinez, R.; Kris-Etherton, P.; Sala-Vila, A.
Effect of Nuts on Markers of Inflammation and Oxidative Stress: A Narrative Review.
Nutrients 2023, 15, 1099. PMID: 36904099.
https://doi.org/10.3390/nu15051099
Nishi, S.K.; Sala-Vila, A.; Julvez, J.; Sabaté, J.; Ros, E.
Impact of Nut Consumption on Cognition across the Lifespan.
Nutrients 2023, 15, 1000. PMID: 36839359.
https://doi.org/10.3390/nu15041000
Tapsell, L.; Sabaté, J.; Martínez, R.; Llavanera, M.; Neale, E.; Salas-Huetos, A.
Novel Lines of Research on the Environmental and Human Health Impacts of Nut Consumption.
Nutrients 2023, 15, 955. PMID: 36839312.
https://doi.org/10.3390/nu15040955
Glenn, A.J.; Aune, D.; Freisling, H.; Mohammadifard, N.; Kendall, C.W.C.; Salas-Salvadó, J.; Jenkins, D.J.A.; Hu, F.B.; Sievenpiper, J.L.
Nuts and Cardiovascular Disease Outcomes: A Review of the Evidence and Future Directions.
Nutrients 2023, 15, 911. PMID: 36839269.
https://doi.org/10.3390/nu15040911
Nishi, S.K.; Viguiliouk, E.; Kendall, C.W.C.; Jenkins, D.J.A.; Hu, F.B.; Sievenpiper, J.L.; Atzeni, A.; Misra, A.; Salas-Salvadó, J.
Nuts in the Prevention and Management of Type 2 Diabetes.
Nutrients 2023, 15, 878. PMID: 36839236.
https://doi.org/10.3390/nu15040878
Guasch-Ferré, M.; Tessier, A.-J.; Petersen, K.S.; Sapp, P.A.; Tapsell, L.C.; Salas-Salvadó, J.; Ros, E.; Kris-Etherton, P.M.
Effects of Nut Consumption on Blood Lipids and Lipoproteins: A Comprehensive Literature Update.
Nutrients 2023, 15, 596. PMID: 36771303.
https://doi.org/10.3390/nu15030596
NOTÍCIES SOBRE NUTS 2022
Font: Diari Digital URV - 21/10/2022
Un congrés científic reuneix a Reus els millors investigadors sobre salut i fruita seca.
El catedràtic de la URV Jordi Salas-Salvadó dona el tret de sortida al NUTS 2022, en el qual es discuteixen les tendències en la investigació nutricional.
https://diaridigital.urv.cat/es/un-congreso-cientifico-reune-en-reus-los-mejores-investigadores-sobre-salud-y-frutos-secos/
La seu de l'International Nut and Dried Fruit Council Foundation (INC) va acollir ahir a Reus la sessió inaugural del NUTS 2022, presidit per l'investigador ICREA Acadèmia Jordi Salas-Salvadó, director de la Unitat de Nutrició Humana de la URV-IISPV i investigador del Centre d'Investigació Biomèdica en Xarxa d'Obesitat i Nutrició (CIBEROBN). Aquest congrés, que reuneix especialistes en l'àmbit de la investigació nutricional d'arreu del món, té com a objectius compartir les evidències actuals relacionades amb els beneficis del consum de fruita seca i definir mancances, necessitats i oportunitats en la recerca en aquest camp.
Jordi Salas-Salvadó y Josep Pallarès, Rector de la URV.
El professor de la URV remarca la importància de la recerca en nutrició i com la impulsen aquest tipus d'esdeveniments: "La finalitat última de la investigació és canviar la societat, i una reunió com aquesta l'esperona". És per això que, per Salas-Salvadó, es tracta d'un esdeveniment molt esperat. I és que després de molts anys d'investigació nutricional, no ha deixat de veure la fruita seca com un aliment de quilòmetre zero, propi de la identitat del territori: "Poder reunir persones de diferents països no és fàcil, és una gran possibilitat de donar a conèixer el territori i la URV mitjançant aquesta conferència i d'altres que vindran en el futur".
Investigadors participants del NUTS 2022.
El NUTS 2022 reuneix de forma excepcional a 27 ponents i moderadors de 13 països d'arreu del món, entre els quals hi ha investigadors de gran rellevància com Frank Hu, director del Departament de Salut Pública de la Universitat de Harvard, Joan Sabate, professor de Nutrició i Epidemiologia a la Universitat Loma Linda, David Jenkins del Departament de Ciències de la Nutrició de la Universitat de Toronto, David J. Baer del Departament d'Agricultura dels EUA, Linda Tapsell, professora emèrita de la Universitat de Wollongong d'Austràlia i Penny Kris-Etherton del Departament de Ciències de la Nutrició de la Universitat de l'Estat de Pennsylvania, entre d'altres. S'espera que com a resultat d'aquesta conferència organitzada des de la Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV-IISPV) i des del CIBEROBN, es publiquin les conclusions en una revista científica internacional.