The Carbohydrates Committee addresses outstanding scientific issues through discovery, research tools and translational messaging related to how carbohydrate-rich foods, food components and formulations are associated with consumption behavior, diet quality and health outcomes.
Why is this research important?
Carbohydrates are an important source of energy and nutrients in the food supply. The committee focuses its work on understanding sugar, fiber, and carbohydrate quality as they relate to human health.
Research Focus Areas:
- Advance scientific evidence and research tools to further understanding of how fiber relates to human health outcomes.
- Characterize nutrient intakes and overall diet quality of various carbohydrate restricted or modified diet patterns.
- Clarify and communicate research tools examining causal relationships between energy containing food/ingredients and body composition.
- Promote informed decision-making on food choices - focused on carbohydrate quality.
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Archer Daniels Midland Company
BENEO - Group
Cargill, Incorporated
General Mills, Inc.
The Hershey Company
Ingredion Incorporated
Mondelēz International
Potatoes USA
ACADEMIC ADVISORS
GOVERNMENT ADVISOR
David Baer, PhD, US Department of Agriculture, Agriculture Research Service
Projects Supported by the Committee:
Publications
Development and Validation of Test for ‘Leaky Gut’ Small Intestinal and Colonic Permeability Using Sugars in Healthy Adults
Gastroenterology, 2021
Global Evaluation of the Use of Glycaemic Impact Measurements to Food or Nutrient Intake
Public Health Nutrition, 2021
While there is some consensus around measures of glycaemic impact, others present opportunities for harmonisation.
Role for Diet in Normal Gut Barrier Function: Developing Guidance within the Framework of Food-Labeling Regulations
American Journal of Physiology- Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology, 2019
This perspective article summarizes the present scientific evidence focused on 1) the gut barrier as an important component of normal gastrointestinal structure and function in human health, 2) currently available modalities to describe the intestinal barrier and quantify its function in humans, and 3) providing possible associations between diet and normal gut barrier function among healthy or at-risk people.
Role for Diet in Normal Gut Barrier Function: Developing Guidance Within the Framework of Food-labeling Regulations
American Journal of Physiology, 2019
Currently available evidence in animal models and in vitro systems has shown that certain dietary interventions can be used to reinforce the intestinal barrier to prevent the development of disease.
Dietary Fiber and the Human Gut Microbiota: Application of Evidence Mapping Methodology
Nutrients, 2017
An evidence map of current research activity in this area was created using a newly developed database of dietary fiber intervention studies in humans to identify studies with broad outcomes.
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