Two-day workshop at The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. Arranged by Bjørg Egelandsdal, groupleader of the CAS research project The Ecology of Food Perception.

Program:

• Lie, Ø: Opening remarks.
• Karlsson, A & Sødring, M: What is red meat? What is colon cancer?
• Haug, A & Pickova, J: Red meat in human health.
• Corpet, D.E: Red meat gives you colon cancer!
• Weed, D.L: Red meat does not give you colon cancer!
• De Smet, S: A debate between the two previous speakers: What areas do we have consensus on?
• Kulseng, B: Eating too much, obesity and the role of meat.
• Alexander, J: Policy regarding incorrectly balanced eating and overeating: Norway’s approach.
• Dragsted, L: Measuring meat by biomarkers.
• Chen, D. & Oostindjer, M: Does a healthy and smart brain prevent cancer? The role of the gutbrain axis.
• Andersen, A & Egelandsdal, B: Monitoring beef meat composition in different countries. Do we know the meat we eat?
• Milkowski, A: Regulatory and safety issues regarding nitrite and nitrate (US versus Europe).
• De Kok, T: Why search for nitrite replacers?
• Bryan, N: Why dietary nitrite and nitrate may be good for you?
• Martin, R: Gut fermentation status and cancer.
• Rudi, K: The role of microbiota in gut health.
• Pajari, A‐M: D cell culture models ‐ closing the gap between animal and cell culture studies?
• Paulsen, J.E: MIN mouse model.
• Corpet, D: Carcinogen induced rodent models.
• De Smet, S: The mouse fight debate, what is the better rodent model?
• Kleter, G: Whole‐food safety testing: Past experiences and approaches applied to GM and other novel and processed foods.
• Haug, A: Efficiency in smart intervention studies