CSIR-CFTRI in Mysuru hosted a two-day nationwide workshop on ‘Gerobiotic supplementation through fermented millet beverage and millet curd’ that had over 90 individuals from numerous elements of India.
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Dr Sridevi Annapurna Singh, Director, CSIR-CFTRI emphasised that fermentation often is the doable resolution for discount of anti-nutrient components in millets whereas highlighting their advantages and their potential anti-ageing position.
Even although microbes are small, their advantages are quite a few as many new fields are rising as part of microbiology, corresponding to probiotic, prebiotic, postbiotic, parabiotics and now gerobiotics.
She was presiding over a two-day nationwide workshop on ‘Gerobiotic supplementation through fermented millet beverage and millet curd’ on the CSIR-CFTRI in Mysuru that had over 90 individuals from numerous elements of India.
Dr Singh appreciated organising the workshop, contemplating the necessity of individuals to know extra about gerobiotics due to the rise within the variety of diseases caused by ageing, which can be prevented with gerobiotics.
Dr. Prakash M. Halami, organising secretary and head of Microbiology and Fermentation Technology, in his welcome speech, defined concerning the CSIR-CFTRI’s involvement in celebration of the International Year of Millet 2023, in addition to the significance of organising a workshop as regards to millets for gerobiotics supplementation.
Dr. B. Sesikeran, former director, ICMR-National Institute of Nutrition, Hyderabad and former RC member of CSIR-CFTRI spoke about intestine microbiome-ageing and probiotics. “Ageing is a complex process associated with a combination of genetic and environmental factors, and gut health would also change with age, and possibly prebiotics and probiotics could be part of natural healthy ageing.”
Prof. Ramesh Sharma, former dean, life sciences, North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong, spoke about calorie restriction as an anti-ageing intervention with emphasis on intestine microbiome, and correlation between longevity and mind dimension.
Dr. R. Baby Latha, Principal Technical Officer, CSIR-CFTRI, spoke about pearl millet, a wholesome cereal and defined about dietary profile, processing methods, well being advantages, merchandise by probiotic incorporation and downside related to pearl millet, with the intention to deliver out the potential of this vital small grain to producers and customers.
The workshop had seven sensible periods on the methods related to anti-ageing markers and supplementation of gerobiotics by millet merchandise. A panel dialogue was organised to work together with consultants within the area of millet, intestine microbiota, probiotics.
