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OILS & FATSOils and Fats NewsA regular round-up of news and opinion from the Oils and Fats Group of the New Zealand Institute of Chemistry,compiled by Laurence Eyres, FNZIFST.AAOCS AdelaideAn excellent science and social programme was organised by the Australianbranch of AOCS in Adelaide in early November. The group ofKiwis who attended made a significant contribution to the presentedpapers. A major highlight of the conference was the presentation of avictory bottle of Pinot noir by Peter Nichols to Laurence Eyres who wasrepresenting 4 million Kiwis on behalf of the All Blacks.A major research project in Australia by CSIRO is the path-findingwork of scientists who are breeding Canola that contains long chainomega-3. This work will be commercialised by seed company Nuseed.The AAOCS are planning another seminar in 2013 in Melbourne andthe Oils and Fats group have promised support and will be partnersfor the event.For 2012 the group is starting to think about a teach-in workshop foracademia and industry on such topics as sourcing the right oils, formulation,preventing oxidation, frying, nutrition and diet. A letter willgo out to the universities and members asking for ideas about contentand venue.Carbs are out, fat is inThis is according to controversial American scientific writer GaryTaubes who recently condemned the traditional low fat and carbohydrate-richdiets.Taubes said his message appealed to people who had never been ableto lose weight following conventional diet guidelines.“This empowers people to take control of their own lives and the factthat it works, of course, is a wonderful feeling. There are people whohave always been obese, even since childhood, and maybe for the firsttime, they understand why and, more importantly, that it’s not theirGary Taubesfault,” Taubes said. Several talks at the AAOCS seminar supported thisviewpoint.He claimed carbohydrates threw the body’s insulin regulation out ofwhack and was the reason why people got fat. He was now taking hisanti-carbs argument further, suggesting they might cause some veryserious Western diseases such as some cancers and Alzheimer’s.Bye bye dry eyeIn a preliminary study in Florida, a small test group of people takingup to nine grams of flaxseed oil a day found a major reduction in theirritation of dry eye. It did not report on any adverse symptoms but thisis a lot of flaxseed to take per day.The trial should have used a small (say 1 grams) of marine omega-3 tosee if the equivalent result was obtained as I am sure this would havebeen the case.For Texture and Stability Challenges:Gum Gurus® On Call.There’s no greater priority than helping clients solve complextexture and stability challenges. For over 100 years, we’vehelped create product success stories for our customers.Contact our team of knowledgeable food scientists to helpwith your next project.www.ticgums.comDistributed by:Alchemy Agencies LtdContact: Malcolm Black, Phone +64-9-3066094Email: malcolm@alchemyagencies.co.nz26TICGumsNewZealand.indd 1Food New Zealand5/20/11 7:56 AM