Meeting

Meeting 1: Optimization of Nutrient Composition of Military Rations for Short-Term, High, Stress Situations

When:: August 9, 2004 - August 11, 2004 (8:00 AM)

Topics:: Food and Nutrition, Public Health, Select Populations and Health Disparities, Substance Abuse and Mental Health, Veterans Health
Activity:: Optimization of Nutrient Composition of Military Rations for Short-term, High-stress Situations, Committee on Military Nutrition Research
Board:: Food and Nutrition Board

August 9, 2004

Closed Session: 8:00 am - 1:00 pm

Open Session:

WORKSHOP AGENDA

Institute of Medicine, The National Academies

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

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