Sabrina Trudo, U of A associate professor of human nutrition and dietetics, recently presented research as a guest speaker at the Korean Food and Nutrition International Symposium and Annual Meeting in October.

Trudo was asked to speak by the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition at the event at the International Convention Center JEJU at Jeju Island, Korea.

"As a nutritional scientist, my overarching area of research is dietary intake and prevention of colon cancer, the rates of which have been increasing particularly amongst younger adults compared to the past," Trudo says. "I presented the results of a study we did in a mouse model of colon inflammation (risk factor for colon cancer). Mice were fed a diet that mimicked the average dietary intake in the U.S. (also a risk factor for colon cancer), and we showed that adding fresh parsnips and celery to their diet in amounts equivalent to ~1 cup/day for a human reduced colon inflammation symptoms, protected the colon tissue and improved the bacterial profile in the gut."

Trudo is a member of the faculty in the human nutrition and dietetics area in the School of Human Environmental Sciences, which is housed in the Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences.

Trudo is holder of the 21st Century Endowed Chair in Human Environmental Sciences.

"It was a remarkable experience to see how seamlessly integrated the distinctly different disciplines of nutritional science and food science are in Korea compared to here in the U.S.," she said.

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