Fabiana A Hoffmann Sarda graduated in Pharmacy and Biochemistry at the University of São Paulo (USP), Brazil, which was followed by 10 years Food Industry experience with roles in quality, new process and product development. She obtained her PhD in Science (Experimental Nutrition) at University of São Paulo (USP), in Brazil (2015), with a secondment at the Perelman Medical School, University of Pennsylvania, USA (Science without Borders fellowship). Her post-doctoral experience includes research at the Food Research Centre (FoRC), at USP and lecturing at the Nutrition department, Federal University (UNIFESP Santos), in Brazil. In 2018, she was awarded a Marie Curie Fellowship, Apex Program at APC Microbiome Ireland, University College Cork, Ireland. Her scientific research is focused on food nutritional impacts on host health and the microbiome. She has experience in clinical trials and nutritional intervention studies (human and animal models) focused on glycaemic homeostasis, diabetes, chronic kidney disease, metabolite biomarkers and microbiome. Fabiana joined the Department of Biological Sciences in March 2021, as a lecturer in Human Microbiome- Health Interactions.
Research Interests
Research interests are focused on food nutritional impacts on host health and microbiome. I have specific interest in novel carbohydrates and sweeteners and how they can contribute to reduce premature mortality from non-communicable diseases through prevention and treatment and promotion of mental health and wellbeing (WHO Sustainable Goal 3, Target 3.4).
Professional Activities
Association
2021 Full Member, Nutrition Society
Committee
2021 SEN Ethics Committee, Member
2014 Research Ethics Committees of School of Pharmaceutical Sciences at USP, Brazil, PhD student representative at Ethics Committee
Outreach
The focus was on Food Safety and Regulations - to talk about natural and artificial sweeteners, their permitted use/ingestion limits, characteristics and health impact.
Talk about the human milk oligosaccharides (HMO) and their importance to the baby's microbiota and health.
Hoffmann Sarda, Fabiana A.,Giuntini, Eliana Bistriche (2023) Carbohydrates for glycemic control: functional and microbiome aspects.
Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition & Metabolic Care
Hoffmann Sardá F.;de Lima F.;Lopes N.;Santos A.;Tobaruela E.;Kato E.;Menezes E. (2016) Identification of carbohydrate parameters in commercial unripe banana flour.
Food Research International :203-209
Souza G.S.;Sardá F.A.H.;Giuntini E.B.;Gumbrevicius I.;de Morais M.B.;de Menezes E.W. (2016) Translation and validation of the Brazilian Portuguese version of the gastrointestinal symptom rating scale (GSRS) questionnaire.
Arquivos De Gastroenterologia :146-151
Hoffmann Sardá F.;Giuntini E.;Gomez M.;Lui M.;Negrini J.;Tadini C.;Lajolo F.;Menezes E. (2016) Impact of resistant starch from unripe banana flour on hunger, satiety, and glucose homeostasis in healthy volunteers.
Journal Of Functional Foods :63-74
Giuntini E.;Sardá F.;Lui M.;Tadini C.;Lajolo F.;Menezes E. (2015) Gastrointestinal hormone modulation after a double-blind interventional study with unavailable carbohydrates.
Food Research International :17-23
Dan M.;Cardenette G.;Sardá F.;Giuntini E.;Bello-Pérez L.;Carpinelli Â.;Lajolo F.;Menezes E. (2015) Colonic Fermentation of Unavailable Carbohydrates from Unripe Banana and its Influence over Glycemic Control.
Plant Foods For Human Nutrition (Dordrecht, Netherlands) :297-303
Rayo L.M.;Chaguri e Carvalho L.;Sardá F.A.H.;Dacanal G.C.;Menezes E.W.;Tadini C.C. (2015) Production of instant green banana flour (Musa cavendischii, var. Nanicão) by a pulsed-fluidized bed agglomeration.
Lwt-Food Science And Technology :461-469
de Menezes EW;Giuntini EB;Dan MC;Sardá FA;Lajolo FM; (2013) Codex dietary fibre definition - Justification for inclusion of carbohydrates from 3 to 9 degrees of polymerisation..
Food chemistry
Brigatte P.;Hoffmann F.;Bernardi M.;Giorgi R.;Fernandes I.;Takehara H.;Barros S.;Almeida M.;Cury Y. (2001) Tolerance to the antinociceptive effect of Crotalus durissus terrificus snake venom in mice is mediated by pharmacodynamic mechanisms.
Toxicon :1399-1410
Books
This author has not written any publications of this type yet.
Sardá FAH, Giuntini EB. (2022) Carbohydrates and Dietary Fibers / Carboidratos e fibra alimentar.
Brazil : Atheneu Guidelines for Sport and Nutrition/ Manual de Nutricao para o Exercicio Fisico - 3a Edicao (Portuguese)
Hoffmann Sarda, FA; Giuntini, EB (2020) Carbohydrates /Carboidratos.
Baueri, Sao Paulo, Brazil : Manole 'Biochemical and Physiological base for the nutrition in the different life stages'/ Bases bioquímicas e fisiológicas da nutrição nas diferentes fases da vida, na saúde e na doença :54-86
Hoffmann Sardá FA, Hoffmann C (2017) Enterotypes: .
Barueri, Sao Paulo, Brazil : Manole Microbiome, Disbiosis, Probiotics and Bactetherapy'/Microbioma, Disbiose, Probióticos e Bacterioterapia :25-30
Sardá F.A.H.;Giuntini E.B.;Nazare J.A.;König D.;Bahia L.R.;Lajolo F.M.;de MENEZES E.W. (2018) Effectiveness of carbohydrates as a functional ingredient in glycemic control.
Journal Of Food Science And Technology :561-576
