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- Title
Unexpected challenges for the translation of research on food interventions to applications in the food industry: using flaxseed research as an example.
- Authors
Pierce, Grant N.; Netticadan, Thomas
- Abstract
One of the primary purposes of the studies that life science researchers carry out is to translate their findings into demonstrable impacts in the lives of the general population. If we study the mechanism of heart disease, for example, it is our hope that new therapies or preventative strategies can be created from these mechanistic data. In the field of nutrition, it is the ultimate goal to translate research findings on the health benefits of functional foods and nutraceuticals into products consumed by the public that will benefit their health, improve quality of life, prevent disease, and prolong life. However, the pathway from research on the health benefits of specific foods or food products into industry applications is often a pathway with multiple, unexpected roadblocks for the unsuspecting scientist. The purpose of this article, therefore, is to identify these obstacles that have confronted industry translation in the past by using flaxseed research as an example. The ultimate goal of the review is to alert those in research and in the food industry of these translational hindrances to avoid them in the future and promote a more rapid and effective translation of food/health research into marketing success.
- Subjects
FUNCTIONAL foods; FOOD research; FOOD industry; FLAXSEED; QUALITY of life; MARKETING research; TRANSLATIONS
- Publication
Canadian Journal of Physiology & Pharmacology, 2021, Vol 99, Issue 2, p125
- ISSN
0008-4212
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1139/cjpp-2020-0389