As we close 2024, EFAD invites you to join the year’s final webinar:

“Exploring Differences in the Nutritional and Health Effects of Whole Foods, Fortified Foods, and Supplements: Does the Food Matrix Matter?”
📅 Date: Wednesday, 4 December 2024
🕕 Time: 18:00–19:00 CET
🔗 Register here.

This engaging session, organized with the support of the European Milk Forum (EMF), will examine how food matrices influence nutritional outcomes. Discover why the source of nutrients—whether from whole foods, fortified products, or supplements—matters for health and dietary guidance, especially in plant-forward diets.

Our Speakers:

• Professor Michelle McKinley
  Professor of Nutrition, Centre for Public Health, Queen’s University Belfast
  Lecture: “Introduction to the Food Matrix”

Professor McKinley will provide an overview of the Food Matrix concept and its relevance in contemporary nutrition research. Her talk will include examples of how food matrices are key determinants of the health properties of food and the implications of such research for dietary advice and dietary guidelines.

• Dr. Alida Melse-Boonstra
  Associate Professor, Division of Human Nutrition, Wageningen University & Research
  Lecture: “Bioavailability of Micronutrients from Nutrient-Dense Whole Foods”

Dr. Melse-Boonstra will delve into the complex interactions within food matrices that influence the bioavailability of key nutrients. She will focus on two food groups:
🥛 Dairy: Discussing the bioavailability of vitamins A, B2, B12, K, and minerals like calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, zinc, and iodine.
🥬 Vegetables & 🍏 Fruits: Exploring nutrients such as pro-vitamin A, folate, vitamins C and K, potassium, calcium, magnesium, and iron.
Her insights will highlight how understanding the absorption and bioavailability of nutrients from whole foods in interaction with food components that influence these processes will help to estimate better exposure in epidemiologic studies that relate dietary intake to health outcomes.

Why Attend?
This webinar is a must for anyone interested in how modern nutrition research influences practical dietary advice. Understand the science behind food matrices and learn strategies to optimize health outcomes.