THE NUTRACEUTICAL FOR A HEALTHY AGING
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From the second edition of Life-Med, the event which includes Nuce International, Biotech and Algae Europe, being at fieramilanocity shows the important contribution of nutraceuticals for the prevention of major diseases of old age. The spotlight is also on rare diseases and regenerative medicine, and ended the conference session dedicated to the applications of algae.
The nutraceutical, along with a lifestyle and a diet correct, can help prevent cardiovascular disease. This is the result today at the second day of the Life-Med, the international life sciences, ongoing until Friday, October 7, 2011 at fieramilanocity, and consists of Biotech (biotechnology), Nuce International (industry nutraceutical, cosmeceutical, functional foods and drinks and health ingredients) and Algae Europe (production technologies and industrial applications of algae).
During the session, Nutraceuticals and dietary supplements for healthy aging, Francesco Visioli, Scientific Director of IMDEA, the Institute for Advanced Studies Power of Madrid, said: "In the prevention of cardiovascular disease, dietary supplements and functional foods can be used together with drugs to increase efficiency and reduce side effects. In market there are many products, the effect of which has already been scientifically proven: those rich in essential fatty acids such as Omega 3, or polyphenols (commonly called antioxidants) or supplements, of fitosteroni, which help to lower cholesterol. nutraceutical The supports prevention and drug treatment: it is important to continue to invest in research to obtain products that have proven health benefits, and a positive effect on public health, both in terms of care, both prevention to prolong the state of health of healthy people. "
At the same session of Roberto Crea CreAgri Inc Group presented the results of an animal study that identified hydroxytyrosol (an antioxidant content in olive oil), as "a natural compound that allows for greater longevity. This study, hydroxytyrosol has been shown to be more effective than resveratrol (a natural antioxidant grape and red wine) and to obtain lower levels of cell death. " Stefan Siebrecht of Schwelm has instead focused on the benefits of carnitine, which has become known in recent years for its use in sports: "The carnitine leads to vasodilation in all organs such as the heart, brain, muscles and skin. Advantages are a better oxygen supply to the heart, the reduction of mental fatigue, the increase of cognitive functions, the increase of muscle strength and reduction in blood pressure. Carnitine also blocks the negative impact on the brain of high levels of ammonia coming from protein degradation. Some effects of coenzyme Q10 are similar to those of carnitine: for example, increases blood flow and reduces the mental fatigue. Recent studies have shown that consumption of 300 mg could also improve the physical performance of the muscles. Elderly persons may, therefore, have several benefits from a consumption of Q10 and carnitine, with aging because the levels of both the body decrease ".
In the second day of Biotech 2011, moreover, was now dedicated particular attention to rare diseases, which in Italy affect about three million people, and regenerative medicine, which also allows you to recreate the articular cartilage through scaffold (structures organic-polymer and inorganic) intelligent.
"Around 9,000 rare diseases have been identified so far, while five new rare diseases are identified each week. Addition, 3-4% of births has rare diseases and 30% of those born with these diseases die before their fifth birthday. Overall, the impact on the Italian population is 6-8% - said Leonardo Santi, the National Committee for Biosafety and Biotechnology. New lines of research in this area would thus ensure that the development of advanced technology capabilities and the strengthening of public-cluster individuals to create a critical mass required to address the new frontiers of translational medicine and personalized medicine using new techniques-genomic and post-genomic ".
In another conference session Pressed Daniel, Director of Technology and Product Development Finceramica, has instead said that "In recent years, regenerative medicine has attracted considerable interest, to the point that some applications have now become established therapeutic approaches in clinical-surgical. Nanotechnologies have played a key role in this area by allowing the development of new bio-active molecules able to interact with the connective tissue to be regenerated (not repaired). New biomaterials and new processes have allowed the development of scaffolds that can of conjugate with cells of the same patient with the result of regenerating new tissues previously damaged due to trauma or degenerative processes, in this case we are talking about techniques of Tissue Engineering. It is an application example the regeneration of articular cartilage tissue through intelligent scaffold . Cartilage, due to degenerative processes as the osteartrosi or trauma, can lead to impaired joint function. modulating regenerative mechanisms with the aid of intelligent scaffold and with the cellular component of the same patient already present on location (mesenchymal stromal cells ), you can drive the fabric into a self-healing. patients, particularly young for a prosthetic implant early, can benefit from recovering the normal joint function. " "When it comes to scaffold an important aspect to note is the multidisciplinary," said Mariano Anderle, Director of Research at the Department of Education, Universities and Research of the Autonomous Province of Trento. "Why are really smart, the scaffold must be constructed at the nanometer level. This is an activity that involves, then, is the engineering that medicine, and at least three figures: biologists, physicists and chemists."
Today ended the conference sessions devoted to production technologies and industrial applications of algae. Mario Tredici, University of Florence, said: "I believe that the algae have great potential and can have many applications., For example, can be used for the production of biodiesel, chemical molecules, products for cosmetics, supplements food. And in future marine microalgae could also allow to produce antioxidant, anticancer, wastewater treatment and CO2 capture. Generally, we can say that the market applications of algae for cosmetics and food supplements the time is already ripe, while we have to wait a few more years for biofuels and CO2 capture. Algae Europe 2011 was a very interesting experiment, which showed that the algae industry is no longer confined only to universities, as it was until recently, but an evolving reality, capable of giving birth to interesting business ventures. "
Source: Life Med 2011
Supplements of Omega 3 and Omega 6
Supplements for Cardiovascular Health