Clodoveo Maria Lisa, Muraglia Marilena, Crupi Pasquale, Hbaieb Rim Hachicha, De Santis Stefania, Desantis Addolorata, Corbo Filomena
Interdisciplinary Department of Medicine, University of Bari "A. Moro", 70124 Bari, Italy.
Department of Pharmacy-Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Bari "A. Moro", 70125 Bari, Italy.
Foods. 2022 Jun 28;11(13):1915. doi: 10.3390/foods11131915.
Much research has been conducted to reveal the functional properties of extra virgin olive oil polyphenols on human health once EVOO is consumed regularly as part of a balanced diet, as in the Mediterranean lifestyle. Despite the huge variety of research conducted, only one effect of EVOO polyphenols has been formally approved by EFSA as a health claim. This is probably because EFSA's scientific opinion is entrusted to scientific expertise about food and medical sciences, which adopt very different investigative methods and experimental languages, generating a gap in the scientific communication that is essential for the enhancement of the potentially useful effects of EVOO polyphenols on health. Through the model of the Tower of Babel, we propose a challenge for science communication, capable of disrupting the barriers between different scientific areas and building bridges through transparent data analysis from the different investigative methodologies at each stage of health benefits assessment. The goal of this work is the strategic, distinctive, and cost-effective integration of interdisciplinary experiences and technologies into a highly harmonious workflow, organized to build a factual understanding that translates, because of trade, into health benefits for buyers, promoting EVOOs as having certified health benefits, not just as condiments.
已经开展了大量研究，以揭示在像地中海式生活方式那样将特级初榨橄榄油（EVOO）作为均衡饮食的一部分经常食用时，其多酚类物质对人体健康的功能特性。尽管进行了大量研究，但只有EVOO多酚的一种功效被欧洲食品安全局（EFSA）正式批准为健康声称。这可能是因为EFSA的科学意见依赖于食品和医学科学方面的专业知识，而这两个领域采用非常不同的研究方法和实验语言，在科学交流中产生了差距，而这种交流对于提升EVOO多酚对健康的潜在有益作用至关重要。通过巴别塔模型，我们对科学交流提出了一项挑战，该挑战能够打破不同科学领域之间的障碍，并通过在健康益处评估的每个阶段对不同研究方法进行透明的数据分析来搭建桥梁。这项工作的目标是将跨学科经验和技术进行战略性、独特性且具有成本效益的整合，融入到高度和谐的工作流程中，组织起来形成基于事实的理解，这种理解由于贸易因素转化为对购买者的健康益处，将EVOO推广为具有经认证的健康益处，而不仅仅是调味品。
