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Health promoting, safe seafood of high eating quality in a consumer driven fork-to-farm concept. (SEAFOODplus (FISHGASTRO))

Reference	BBS/E/F/00041742
Principal Investigator / Supervisor	Dr Elizabeth Lund
Co-Investigators / Co-Supervisors
Institution	Quadram Institute Bioscience
Department	Quadram Institute Bioscience Department
Funding type	Research
Value (£)	158,906
Status	Completed
Type	Institute Project
Start date	01/01/2004
End date	31/03/2009
Duration	63 months

Abstract

The FISHGASTRO project is part of a framework 6 integrated project entitled SEAFOODplus. The strategic objective of SEAFOODplus is to reduce health problems and to increase well-being among European consumers by applying the benefits obtained through consumption of health promoting and safe seafood 1 products of high eating quality. The whole project covers nutrition, consumer sciences, safety, functional foods, aquaculture and traceability. The FISHGASTRO project is headed by IFR and includes groups from UEA, The Netherlands and Germany. The project focuses on assessing the impact of fish consumption on a range of markers of gastrointestinal health associated with ulcerative colitis or colon cancer and on looking at bio-accessibility of a range of nutrients from fish. We aim to recruit a total of 270 patients with gastrointestinal problems in the UK and Netherlands and take biopsy and blood samples before and after asking them to eat two extra portions of fish per week. One group will receive oil rich fish such as salmon while another will be asked to eat white fish. Changes in cell proliferation, apoptosis, inflammatory markers, gene expression and plasma levels of n-3 fatty acids will be compared to a control group only given standard nutritional advice.

Summary

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Committee	Closed Committee - Agri-food (AF)
Research Topics	Diet and Health, Immunology
Research Priority	X – Research Priority information not available
Research Initiative	X - not in an Initiative
Funding Scheme	X – not Funded via a specific Funding Scheme

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