Breastfeeding and
Atopic Disease
Practical Applications
of Probiotics in Health
and Disease
The Health and Impact
of Active Cultures:
Probiotics
2006 Experimental
Biology Annual
Conference:
Probiotics and the
Hygiene Hypothesis
2011 13th Annual
Postgraduate Nutrition
Symposium:
Your Brain Can Help
You Eat Better
2010 12th Annual
Postgraduate
Nutrition
Symposium:
Nutrition and Global
Health
Symposium:
Practical Approaches
to the Treatment
of Obesity
Archived descriptions
of Postgraduate
Nutrition Symposia
from past years:
Harvard Medical School Division of Nutrition
Presents
49th Annual Meeting
of the
American College of Nutrition
Practical Applications of Probiotics
in Health and Disease
Arlington, VA
October 3, 2008
Highlights of the Symposium are available as a PDF file,
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Moderators:
W. Allan Walker, M.D.,
Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Simin N. Meydani, D.V.M., Ph.D., FACN,
Tufts University, Boston, MA
Topics and Presenters Include:
The Potential Use for Probiotics in Health
Mary Ellen Sanders, PhD
Executive Director
International Scientific Association for Probiotics and Prebiotics (ISAPP)
Probiotics and Pediatrics
W. Allan Walker, MD
Conrad Taff Professor of Nutrition and Pediatrics
Harvard Medical School
Director, the Mucosal Immunology Laboratory
Massachusetts General Hospital for Children
Boston, MA
Probiotics and Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Stefano Guandalini, MD
Professor of Pediatrics
Section Chief, Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition
Director, University of Chicago Celiac Disease Center
Could Probiotics Help the Elderly?
Simin Meydani, DVM, Ph.D.
Associate Director
Jean Mayer USDA HNRCA at Tufts University
Boston, MA
INTRODUCTION
Probiotics are a diverse group of live microbes defined by FAO/WHO as "live microorganisms which when administered in sufficient quantities can confer a health benefit."
The field of probiotics is an evolving field. Used historically around the world for health promotion and therapeutic purposes, probiotics have now become mainstream in the United States and are part of a huge food and supplement market. Research continues to emerge, supporting the use of different probiotics strains in a variety of conditions. The research now suggests that these "healthy" bacteria have beneficial effects on gastrointestinal dysfunctions, including diarrhea, as well as the immune system and conditions such as allergy, in children, adults, and the elderly.
This conference discusses the potential uses of probiotics in maintaining and improving health, and in the treatment of such conditions as Inflammatory Bowel Disease.