Nutrient Analysis Critical Control Point (NACCP): Hazelnut as a Prototype of Nutrigenomic Study

Laura Di Renzo, Alberto Carraro, Daniela Minella, Roberto Botta, Cecilia Contessa, Chiara Sartor, Anna Maria Iacopino, Antonino De Lorenzo

Department of Agricultural Sciences, University of Reggio Calabria “Mediterranea”, Reggio Calabria, Italy.
Department of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences (DISAFA), University of Turin, Grugliasco, Italy.
Section of Section of Clinical Nutrition and Nutrigenomic, Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Roma, Italy.
Section of Section of Clinical Nutrition and Nutrigenomic, Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Roma, Italy;I.N.DI.M. National Institute for Mediterranean Diet and Nutrigenomics, Amantea, Italy..

DOI: 10.4236/fns.2014.51011                

Abstract

The aim of this study is to apply the Nutrient Analysis Critical Control Point (NACCP) process to ensure that the highest nutrient levels in food can determine a beneficial effect on the health of the consumer. The NACCP process involves a sequence of analysis and controls that depart from raw material production to the evaluation of the effect of nutrition on health. It is articulated through the following points: 1) identification of nutrient level in the food; 2) identification of critical control points (environmental, genetic data, chemical and physical data, production technology, distribution and administration); 3) establishing critical limits that can impoverish and damage the nutrient; 4) establishing measures to monitor; 5) establishing corrective actions. We selected as biomarkers the total phenolic content (TPC) and total antioxidant capacity (TAC) of a genotyped Italian hazelnut cultivars (Corylus e avellana L.). We performed a clinical study evaluating: a) nutritional status; b) clinical-biochemical parameters; c) low density lipoprotein oxidation (LDL-ox); d) the expression level changes of oxidative stress pathway genes in the blood cell at baseline and after 40 g/die of hazelnut consumption. In this study, we found a significant lowering (p ≤ 0.005) of LDL oxidized proteins, in association with the consumption of 40 g/d of hazelnuts. Also, we found a significant variation (p ≤ 0.005) of gene expression of antioxidant and pro-oxidant genes, between the intake of dietary with and without hazelnuts. This results support the hypothesis that the NACCP process could be applied to obtain significant benefits in terms of primary prevention and for contributing to the amelioration of food management at the consumer level.

Keywords

NACCP Process; Hazelnut; Nutrigenomic; Oxidative Stress; LDL-Oxidation

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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