PLANT NUTRIENTS & CANCER PREVENTION

A unique FREE afternoon symposium for Nutrition, Dietetic & Food Science Students.

Vegetarian diets and cancer prevention - the latest evidence Dr Francesca Crowe, EPIC Oxford

Recommendations and insights from the WCRF and UK Women's Cohort Study Prof. Janet Cade, University of Leeds

What role for fruit and vegetables in reducing cancer risk? Prof. Ian Rowland, University of Reading

Practical and environmental aspects of plant-based diets Tanya Haffner, Registered Dietitian

 

27th October 2010

King's College London, Waterloo Campus

Free buffet lunch 1pm

Presentations start promptly at 2pm

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WORLD CONGRESS ON OSTEOPOROSIS

The Alpro Foundation was present at the IOF WCO-ECCEO10 in Florence. 

On May 5th the Alpro Foundation held a symposium on plant-based nutrition and bone health.

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CHRISTINE SCHüMANN WINNER OF EUROPEAN ALPRO FOUNDATION AWARD

 

 
Christine Schümann, (Christian Albrechts University, Kiel), was awarded the “European Alpro Foundation Award 2009”. The award is a prestigious distinction for a thesis which discusses the effects of plant-based nutrition and the impact on human health. Today, the Award was presented for the second time. Mrs Renate Sommer, Member of the European Parliament, handed over the prize to Mrs. Schümann. With this award, Alpro Foundation aims to stimulate scientific research in Europe in the field of plant-based food and health.
 
 
The Winning Dissertation
The winning dissertation was selected from five European candidates who had already won the national award in their countries. Christine Schümann won the award for her research on the prevention of cancer in relation to the consumption of cabbage vegetables.
 
“Research into cancer and how we can prevent certain cancers by small changes to our diet is of course of the utmost importance. Research such as this helps to draw attention to the importance of a balanced nutrition on our health; by organizing the Alpro Foundation Award, the Alpro Foundation aims to increase nutritional knowledge through research” says Mrs Christine Debeuf of the Alpro Foundation Board.
 
Epidemiological studies indicate that consumption of brassica vegetables such as broccoli may lower the risk for several cancers. Mrs. Schümann’s research thesis investigated which components in broccoli are responsible for this protective effect.
 
Broccoli and other Brassica vegetables are rich in certain components (sulphur-containing glucosinolates), which can be converted by the enzyme myrosinase (which is naturally present in these vegetables) into active components (isothiocyanates and indoles). One of these active components, sulforaphane, stimulates defense mechanisms in the cells in order to protect them against cancer.
 
The defense mechanism is related to increased anti-oxidant activity and Nrf2 activity, both are important in cancer prevention. This thesis shows that the conversion by the enzyme myrosinase, naturally present in brassica vegetables, is essential for the protective effects of brassica vegetables.
 
During the award ceremony, Prof Dr Jaak Jannsens, president of the European Cancer Prevention organization, emphasized the importance of our diet for cancer prevention.

 

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EUROPEAN ALPRO FOUNDATION AWARD FOR MASTERS

The five national winners are known and they automatically qualify for the European Alpro Foundation Award.
This year’s winner of the European Alpro Foundation Award will be presented at a press conference held on Thursday 29 April 2010 at The Stanhope Hotel (Wellington room). MEP Renate Sommer will officially present the prize to the winner.

Programme:

10.45 Registration and reception
11.00 Welcome speech
11.05 Presentation of the Alpro Foundation
11.15 Presentation by Prof.dr.Jaak Janssens (Salvator-St.-Ursula Hospital) and President of the European Cancer Prevention Organisation: "The impact of nutrition on cancer"
11.30 Presentation by the European Award winner
11.45 Presentation of the European Alpro Foundation Award by MEP Renate Sommer
11.50 Q&A
12.00 Drink
 

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CHRISTINE SCHüMANN WINNER OF AWARD MASTERS IN GERMANY

Mrs Christine Schümann (Kiel University) is the winner of the second German Alpro Foundation Award for Masters with the thesis "Influence of phytochemicals on cell viability and on the activation of the transcription factor Nrf2 – studies in murine fibroblasts in culture".

Professor Klaus Eder (member of the Alpro Foundation board) presented the generous award of € 2,500 on March 11 in Jena during the DGE congress.

The programme of the conference can be downloaded here.

 

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CECILIA BOLONDI: WINNER ITALIAN ALPRO FOUNDATION AWARD MSC

Cecilia Bolondi (University of Bologna) is the winner of the second Italian Alpro Foundation Award. She received the generous amount of €2500 from the hands of the Noble Prize Winner Professor Luc Montagnier at the First Neutraceutical congress in Milano, February 11th. Her thesis entitled "Sulforaphane in vitro neuroprotection on neurotoxic effects of the β-amyloid fibrils" was selected as the best from the Italian entries.

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