Grant: Canada Research Chairs
University of Manitoba
$200,000.00
Grain-Based Functional Foods
FY 2024-25
Summary
The health care issues associated with North American diet and lifestyle include obesity, several forms of cancer and cardiovascular diseases. In order to counteract diet-related diseases, research in the area of functional foods is essential to allow development of accessible whole grain foods that will have a positive impact on the health of Canadians. My proposed research addresses unique and critical questions relating to the extent to which constituents in foods can confer health benefits by scavenging excessive free radicals, inducing antioxidant defenses, reducing lipid oxidation, lowering LDL cholesterol, and inhibiting cancer cell proliferation following consumption of whole grain-based products.
Program
Canada Research Chairs
Recipient
Location
Manitoba, Canada
Recipient Type
Academia
Type
Grant
Source
NSERC's Awards Data
As published
Application id
CRC-2017-00327
Name nom
Beta, Trust
Department département
Food and Human Nutritional Sciences - University of Manitoba
Organization id
19
Institution établissement
University of Manitoba
Province en
Manitoba
Province fr
Manitoba
Country en
CANADA
Country fr
CANADA
Fiscal year exercice financier
2024
Competition year année de concours
2017
Award amount
200000
Program id
CRC
Program name en
Canada Research Chairs
Program name fr
Chaires de recherche du Canada
Group en
DISCOVERY RESEARCH
Group fr
RECHERCHE AXÉE SUR LA DÉCOUVERTE
Committee code
9998
Committee name en
Canada Research Chair Selection Committee
Committee name fr
Comité de sélection des Chaires de recherche du Canada
Area of application code
9999
Area of application group en
Not available
Area of application group fr
Non disponible
Area of application en
Not available
Area of application fr
Non disponible
Research subject code
9999
Research subject group en
Not available
Research subject group fr
Non disponible
Research subject en
Not available
Research subject fr
Non disponible
Field of research list codes
RDF10601; RDF40402
Field of research list names en
Biochemistry;Food sciences (including food engineering)
Field of research list names fr
Biochimie;Sciences de l'alimentation (y compris le génie de l'alimentation)
Socioeconomic objective list names en
Not available
Socioeconomic objective list names fr
Non disponible
Application title
Grain-Based Functional Foods
Keywords
cereal grains; legumes; whole grains; genotypes; environmental effects; postharvest processes; phytochemicals; bioactive compounds; antioxidants; molecular structures; liquid chromatography; quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry; cell culture and animal models; functional foods; health promotion
Application summary
The health care issues associated with North American diet and lifestyle include obesity, several forms of cancer and cardiovascular diseases. In order to counteract diet-related diseases, research in the area of functional foods is essential to allow development of accessible whole grain foods that will have a positive impact on the health of Canadians. My proposed research addresses unique and critical questions relating to the extent to which constituents in foods can confer health benefits by scavenging excessive free radicals, inducing antioxidant defenses, reducing lipid oxidation, lowering LDL cholesterol, and inhibiting cancer cell proliferation following consumption of whole grain-based products.
