WASHINGTON—Science on antioxidants and supplement safety, and updates on supplement innovation and controversies will be on the docket of the Council for Responsible Nutrition’s (CRN) one-day symposium, “The Workshop: CRN’s Day of Science," which will be held Oct. 19 at the Terranea Resort in Rancho Palos Verdes, CA.
Maret G. Traber, Ph.D., director, department of nutrition and exercise sciences, Linus Pauling Institute, Oregon State University, will open the scientific symposium with a keynote address titled, “The science of reactive oxygen species and antioxidants—Is antioxidant supplementation justified?"
Following Traber’s presentation, the day will be divided into three scientific sessions:
- The first session, “Assessing the safety of dietary supplement ingredients," will feature presentations from: William Allaben, Ph.D., senior toxicologist, Center for Toxicology and Environmental Health LLC, on the role of the National Toxicology Program in FDA’s monitoring of dietary supplements; Joseph E. Pizzorno, N.D., president emeritus and founder, Bastyr University, and editor in chief, Integrative Medicine: A Clinician’s Journal (IMCJ), on assessing the safety of naturally derived products; and Henk van Loveren, Ph.D., head of the immunotoxicology and infection program, the Netherlands’ National Institute of Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), on immunotoxicology and issues related to food and nutrient safety.
- The second session, which will focus on “Progress in dietary supplement research," will feature insights from: Jesmond Dalli, Ph.D., post-doctoral fellow, center for experimental therapeutics and reperfusion injury, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, on lipid signaling; Benoit Lamarche, Ph.D., chair, the Institute for Nutraceuticals and Functional Foods, Laval University, Quebec City, on nutritional interventions for known mechanisms in the progression of metabolic syndrome; and Joshua Miller, Ph.D., associate professor in residence, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of California Davis Medical Center, on the relationship between B vitamins, homocysteine and cognitive function in the elderly.
- The final session will focus on “Controversies," during which Elizabeth Johnson, Ph.D., scientist, carotenoids and health laboratory, Jean Mayer USDA human nutrition research center on aging, Tufts University, will discuss lutein and where current science is related to its potential dietary reference intake (DRI) status.
CRN’s Day of Science will be held in tandem with The Conference: CRN’s Annual Symposium for the Dietary Supplement Industry, Oct. 19 to Oct. 22, 2011. There are flexible registration options available for those who want to attend both events, a shorter combination of both events, or either The Workshop or The Conference.
