Program Description

Breakfast is often referred to as the most important meal of the day. Commonly consumed breakfast items, such as oatmeal and fruit juice, contain a variety of bioactives that may be essential for optimal health. The purpose of this session is to 1) discuss the general concepts and controversies of breakfast as an important meal of the day and the current recommendations for breakfast, 2) explain what oat avenanthramides are, their potential health benefits and proposed mechanism of action, and 3) outline the content and function of the major bioactives in fruit juice. Speakers will present the current scientific research on these bioactives, and suggest why and how consuming oats and fruit juice as a part of breakfast can provide a variety of potential health benefits.

Learning Objectives

At the end of this session, attendees will be able to:

• Discuss the importance of breakfast and the bioactives in breakfast foods.
• Understand what avenanthramides are, how they are unique to oats, and their proposed mechanism of action which may contribute to the health benefits of oats.
• Identify the major bioactives in fruit juices, their potential health benefits and proposed mechanism of action.

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Agenda

Chair

Johanna T. Dwyer, DSc, RD

Presentations

Beginning with bioactives. Johanna T. Dwyer, DSc, RD, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA

Oats, more than just a fiber: The role of unique bioactive avenanthramides. Shengmin Sang, PhD, North Carolina A&T State University, Kannapolis, NC

Fruit juice bioactives: Content and function. Jeffrey B. Blumberg, PhD, FASN, FACN, CNS-S, Tufts University, Boston, MA