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Workshop. The Optimization of Nutrient Composition of Military Rations for Short-Term, High-Stress Situations


Event Date: August 09, 2004 - August 11, 2004


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Committee on Optimization of Nutrient Composition of Military Rations for Short-term, High-stress Situations-Committee on Military Nutrition Research

Institute of Medicine, The National Academies

US Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine, Natick, MA  01760

August 9-11, 2004

August 9, 2004

1:00 pm WELCOME AND INTRODUCTORY REMARKS
John Erdman, Committee Chair

1:10 pm INTRODUCTION TO COMBAT RATIONS (Moderator: Wayne Askew, CMNR)

1:15 Military operational rations overview and workshop goals
Andrew Young, USARIEM

1:35    Physiological demands of combat operations
Scott Montain, USARIEM

1:55    Medical consequences of combat operations
 MAJ Sangeeta Kaushik, USARIEM

2:15      Discussion on Rations

2:45    OPTIMIZATION OF MACRONUTRIENT COMPOSITION (Moderator: Robin Kanarek, Tufts University)

2:50    Carbohydrate and fat intake: What is the optimal balance?
Jorn Helge, Copenhagen Muscle Research Center

3:10    CHO/protein balance for muscle performance
Kevin Tipton, University of Texas Medical Branch

3:30    Carbohydrate ingestion prior to and during intense activity
Edward Coyle, University of Texas

3:50    BREAK

4:05    Optimization of macronutrient composition for cognitive performance under hypocaloria,    stressful situations
Randall Kaplan, Canadian Sugar Institute

4:25    Structured lipids
Ronald Jandacek, University of Cincinnati

4:45    Optimum protein intake in hypocaloric states
L. John Hoffer, McGill University, Sir Mortimer B. Davis Jewish Hospital

5:05      Discussion on Optimization of Macronutrient Composition

6:00      End of Day

August 10, 2004

 8:00 am Breakfast

 8:30 am OPTIMIZATION OF MICRONUTRIENT COMPOSITION AND ADDITION OF OTHER BIOACTIVE COMPOUNDS (Moderator: Rob Russell, Committee on Nutrient Composition of Rations)

 8:35    Vitamins C and E in the prevention of oxidative stress, inflammation and fatigue from exhaustive exercise
Maret Traber, Oregon State University

 8:55    Zinc and other minerals 
Henry Lukaski, USDA-ARS Grand Forks Human Nutrition Research Center

 9:15    Effect of inadequate water-soluble vitamin intake and extreme physical stress
Lynn Bailey, University of Florida

 9:35    Sodium, potassium, and other electrolytes
Susan Shirreffs, Loughborough University

 9:55    Other bioactive compounds (tyrosine, tryptophan, carnitine and others)
Becky Costello, National Institutes of Health

10:15    BREAK

10:30    Discussion of Micronutrient Composition and Addition of Bioactive Compounds

12:00 pm   LUNCH

1:00    OPTIMIZATION OF THE IMMUNE SYSTEM (Moderator: Esther Sternberg, CMNR) 

1:05    Interactions between physical activity (and other stressors) and appetite
James Stubbs, Rowett Research Institute

1:30    Immune system optimization
Simin Meydani, Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University

1:50    Interaction of stress with immune function and its repercussions in performance               Ronenn Roubenoff, Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, at Tufts University

2:10    BREAK

2:25   Discussion of Immune/Stress

3:15    NUTRITIONAL PREVENTIVE MEDICINE (Moderator: Bruce Bistrian, CMNR)  

3:20    Prebiotics/probiotics and their role in infection prevention
Mary Ellen Sanders, Dairy and Food Culture Technologies

3:40    Development of a low residue diet
Joanne Slavin, University of Minnesota

4:00    Diet and kidney stones
Linda Massey, Washington State University

4:20    Discussion of Immune/Stress and Gastrointestinal Gut Barrier

5:30    End of Day

August 11, 2004

 8:00 am Breakfast

 8:30 am FOOD PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT Moderator: Brian Wansink, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

 8:35    Organoleptic, satiability, and engineering challenges
Dennis Passe, Scout Consulting, LLC 

 8:55    Foods for People under Stress: Special Considerations
Steven Wood, Ross Products Division/Abbott Laboratories

 9:15    Food Rheology and Energy Balance
Rick Mattes, Purdue University

 9:35    A General Model of Intake Regulation: Diurnal and Dietary Composition Components
John de Castro, University of Texas at El Paso

 9:55    Discussion of Food Product Development

11:30   End of Workshop

 





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