Super-foods that have the potential to help prevent a range of health problems such as obesity and colo-rectal cancer have been discussed at the International Small Angle Scattering Conference at the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre.
Chair of the meeting and Leader of Food Science at the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation’s Bragg Institute, Dr Elliot Gilbert said that scientists could revolutionise the food that we eat.
“Many of us are familiar with margarines that can lower cholesterol".
"This is an example of what we can do with food once we have a better understanding of how it interacts within the human body and how we can manipulate it at the molecular level,” Dr Gilbert said.
“For example, we recently developed a machine that analyses how starch changes during cooking".
"This kind of information could ultimately help food manufacturers produce breads or other foods that would help consumers resist cancers of the digestive system, which are amongst the biggest causes of mortality.”
Hundreds of the world’s top experts in the ‘molecular make-up of the world around us’ were in Sydney to attend the International Small Angle Scattering Conference, hosted by ANSTO, at the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre, Darling Harbour.
Published: 26/11/2012