Contributions 

1. Ute Gola, MD, CEO of the Institute of Nutrition and Prevention in Berlin, Micronutrients in Obesity: Their Role for the Disease Process. Determination of Status. Impact of Supplementation. Dr. Gola has numerous years of experience in the treatment of obesity. He is a member of the Board of the German Adipositas Society ( Berlin) and member of the scientific board of the German Society for Nutritional Medicine ( Berlin, Germany)
2. Dr. Megh Bhandari, PhD, Pakhanbhed: A Himalayan Herb with Promising Anti-diabetic Potential.  Hokkaido University (Sapporo, Japan)
3. Danik Martirosyan, PhD, Amaranth Oil at the Center of New Functional Food Product Creation. Founder of Functional Foods Center at D&A Inc. and Chairman of annual conferences ( Dallas, TX, USA)
4. Igor A. Sobenin, Valentin V. Pryanishnikov, Alexander N. Orekhov, Complex Reduction of Cardiovascular Prognostic Risk with Time-Released Garlic Powder Tablets Allicor, Institute of General Pathology and Pathophysiology; Institute for Atherosclerosis Research ( Moscow, Russia)
5. Dr.Sanjai K Dwivedi and Z Ahmed. Seabuckthorn (Hippophae spp.)-A Miraculous Plant for Nutraceuticals. Field Research Laboratory (DRDO), ( Leh, India)
6. Jairam Vanamala, PhD, Obesity and Colon Cancer Prevention: A Functional Food Approach. Center for Obesity Research and Program Evaluation, Department of  Nutrition and Food Science, A&M University, ( College Station, TX, USA)
7. Professor Vitalis Briedis, Problems in Bio-equivalence of Phytopharmaceuticals. The Case of Preparations Containing Rodiola Rosea L. Extracts ( Kaunas, Lithuania)
8. Undurti N Das, MD, FAMS, The Role of Gut Bacteria in Obesity, President of UND Life Sciences, (Shaker Heights, OH, USA)
9. Seema Kafley, Title Unknown. Laboratory of Dairy Science, Graduate School of Agriculture at Hokkaido University ( Sapporo, Japan)
10. Dr. Jurga Bernatoniene, The Effect of Equisetum Arvense and Hydrochlorthiazide on the Excretory System ( Kaunas, Lithuania)
11. Akande Olaitan, Alligator Pepper (Afromomum Melegueta) spicy remedy to Angina and Arteriosclerosis, Herbs N Roots Nig. Bariga ( Lagos, Nigeria)
12. Sharon Rabb, PhD., ND,  Anti-aging and Phytonutrients, Naturopath and Clinical Nutritionist ( Dallas, TX, USA)
13. Dr.Sisir Mitra, Medicinal Properties of Underutilized Tropical Fruits. Professor of Fruit Crops in the Faculty of Horticulture, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Mohanpur, (West Bengal, India)
14. DR. Shahidul Islam, Potential Chemo-Preventative Properties Isolated from Sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas L.) Leaf. University of Arkansas, (Pine Bluf, Arkansas, USA)
15. Nauman Aziz and Anwarul Hassan Gilani(Distinguished National Professor , Director, Natural Products Research, WHO Advisor on Drug Policy and Management). Black Pepper (Piper nigrum) Modulates Serum Lipids in Rats. Drug Discovery and Natural Products Group, Department of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Aga Khan University Medical College, ( Karachi, Pakistan).
16. Boon P. Chew, Professor and Interim Co-Chair, Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, Role of Dietary Carotenoids Against Inflammation and Mammary Cancer, Washington State University (Pullman , WA, USA)
17. Kristina Ramanauskiene, PhD, Qualitative Analysis of Propolis for the Treatment of Chronic Diseases, Kaunas Medical University,  ( Kaunas, Lithuania)
18. Chandan Prasad, PhD, Professor and Chair Department of Nutrition and Food Sciences,
    Editor-in-Chief: Nutritional Neuroscience. Nutraceuticals, Functional Foods and Obesity. Texas Woman's University, ( Denton, TX, USA)
19. Farzad Shidfar, PhD, assistant professor of nutrition,  The Effects of Soy Proteins on Serum Paraoxonse 1 Activity and Lipoproteins in Postmenopausal Women, School of Health, Iran University of Medical Sciences (Tehran, Iran)
20. Ronald Ross Watson Ph.D. Professor in Health Promotion Sciences, Pycnogenol in Cardiovascular Protection. University of Arizona , Health Science Center , (Tucson, AZ, USA)
21. Phebe Hendra, Luciana Kuswibawati, Yosephine Liesworo Purwandani, Paulina Darini
    Hepatoprotective Effect of Phaleria macrocarpa Ethanolic Extract Against Paracetamol Induced in Mice, Laboratory of Ecological Chemistry, Graduate School of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, (Sapporo, Japan), Faculty of Pharmacy, Sanata Dharma University (Yogyakarta, Indonesia)  

22. ¹Ellie Berglund and  ²Keith Kohler. Salba. ¹Core Naturals Southern US Rep, Dallas, TX, USA, ²International and Specialty, New York, USA

23. Parviz Ghadirian, PhD, Nutrition, Lifestyle, and Prostate Cancer, He is a Director of the Epidemiology Research Unit, University of Montreal Health Center and has been a consultant for the World Health Organization of the United Nations since 1969 ( Montreal, Canada).
24. Dilip Ghosh, PhD, Senior Scientist, Health & Food, The Horticulture & Food Research Institute of New Zealand Ltd., Polyphenols from Fruits and Vegetables in Weight Management and Obesity Control, (Auckland, New Zealand)
25. Dr. Mykolas Aniunas, New and Popular Cardiovascular Medicines in the Baltic States ( Kaunas, Lithuania)
26. ¹Asinobi, C.O (PhD) and ²Akeredu, M, Food Consumption Pattern and Obesogenic Factors of Obese Adolescent School Girls in Owerry Municipality. ¹Department of Nutrition and Dietetics Faculty of Agric and Vet. Med, IMO State University, ²University of MALI
27. Undurti N Das, MD, FAMS,  Metabolic Syndrome X is a Disorder of the Brain, UND Life Sciences ( Shaker Heights, OH, USA)
28. J Rajesha, PhD, Flaxseed and Spirulina in Designer Eggs: A Potent Blended Functional Food and a Smart Food Choice, Department of Biochemistry, Yuvaraja’s College, University of  Mysore,  Mysore, (Karnataka, India).
29. Priscila Camargo, Desenvolvimento de Produtos,  USP, (Brazil, SP)
30. Professor Hans Konrad Biesalski, MD, Micronutrients in Obesity: Their Role for the Disease Process. Determination of Status. Impact of Supplementation. Head of the Department of Biological Chemistry and Nutrition at University of Hohenheim. He has over 30 years of experience in research on retinoids and their actions on cellular growth and differentiation, vitamin A and human health. ( Stuttgart, Germany)
31. Dr. Davidson Mvangi, Fermented Amaranth Porridge for Children. African Amaranth Institute, ( Nairobi, Kenya)
32. Vershinin A.S. PhD,  and Shevchenko I.A. MD, Coronary Heart Disease and Clinical Nutrition, Institute of Cardiology, ( St. Petersburg, Russia) 
33. Prof. Sinerik Ayrapetyan¹ and Dr.Danik M. Martirosyan², Phospholipase A2 and Cardiovascular Diseases.  ¹President of the Life Sciences International Postgraduate Educational Center ( Yerevan, Armenia), ² Functional Foods Center ( Dallas, USA)
34. V.V. Matichenkov¹, PhD, I.R. Fomina,¹ PhD, and Dr. K.Y.Biel,^1,2 Silicon and its Protective Role in Living Organisms. Institute of Basic Biological problems of Russian Academy of Sciences, Center for the Investigation of Food and Development, ( Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico)
35. ^(a)Sabrina Hamri, PhD, Mohamed Zeghichi (b), Stamatina Kallithraka (c), Afef Benhalima (d), Chibane Mohamed(e), Mediterranean Diet in the Maghreb: The Role of Economics in Eating Choices and Chronic Diseases Outcomes. ^(a) Laboratoire Nutrition, Vieillissement et Maladies Cardiovasculaires. UFR de Médecine et de pharmacie. Domaine de la Merci. (La Tronche. France).^(b) Département d’économie et stratégie des entreprises. Université Pierre Mendes. (Grenoble.France).^(c) Wine Institute of Athens/NAGREF, Likovrisi, (Athens, Greece). ^(d) Service de cardiologie Hôpital Mongi Slim, (La Marsa, Tunisia)^(e) Faculté des Sciences de la Nature et de la Vie. Universite de Béjaia. ( Algeria)
36. Fatemeh Malekian, PhD, New Dietary Guidelines (MyPyramid) in USA, Associate Professor, Food Science and Nutrition, Southern University Agricultural Research and Extension Center, ( Baton Rouge, LA, USA)
37. Dr. T. Longvah, Director & Head of the Food Chemistry Division, National Institute of Nutrition, Tarnaka, Hyderabad, ( Andhra Pradesh, India)
38. Dr.Valeriy Kisel, PhD, Academician of Russian Academy of Natural Sciences. The Mechanism of Aging is Fatigue Deformation of Molecular and Cell Structures. Institute of Solid State Physics, Russian academy of Sciences, ( Chernogolovka, Russia)
39. Maria D.P.T. Gunawan-Puteri, Megh Raj Bhandari, Jun Kawabata.  Search for Anti-diabetic Principles from Indonesian Medicinal Herbs. Laboratory of Food Biochemistry, Division of Applied Bioscience, Graduate School of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, ( Sapporo, Japan)
40. Claudia Pillow, PhD. Gluten-free Baking and Celiac Disease, Dallas, TX, USA
41. Krishan Sharma¹, PhD, Kathrin Stähler² and Bronwen Smith²  Cheese-Broccoli Powder:  A novel Healthful  food Product.  ¹Department of Post Harvest Technology, Dr YS Parmar University of Horticulture & Forestry, Solan, India, ²Food Science Programmes, Department of Chemistry, University of Auckland, (New Zealand)
42. Bolor Tumurpurev, Healthy Cooking, Food Choices and Physical Activity for Diabetic Patients, Institute of Biology, Mongolian Academy of Sciences (Mongolia).
43. Teruyoshi Yanagita, Professor and PhD., Title Unknown. Agency of Liaison and Innovation in Saga, Director of Cooperative Research and Innovation Center, Department of Applied Biochemistry and Food Science, Saga  University, (Saga, Japan)
44. Ellie Berglund. Nutritional Benefits of Salba. Core Naturals, Winter Springs, FL, USA
45. Galina Magazeva, PhD,  and Elena Magazeva,  Bio-Technological Aspects of Cultivation of Amaranthus Paniculate in Kyrgyzstan Purposely in Treatment of Malignant Tumors. OOO Expotorg, ( Moscow Russia)
46. Jennifer Cinquepalmi. The role of the gluten-free diet/alternative grains. Dallas, TX, USA
47. Pablo Garci­a-SolГ­s, Elhadi M. Yahia*, and Carmen Aceves. Effects of Ataulfo mango fruit (Mangifera indica L.) intake on mammary carcinogenesis and antioxidant capacity in plasma of n-methyl-n-nitrosourea (MNU)-treated rats.  Postharvest Technology and Human Nutrition Programs, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Autonomous University of Queretaro, Campus Juriquilla (Avenida, Mexico)
48. Ronald Ross Watson Ph.D., Professor University of Arizona, Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, and School of Medicine , Arizona . Health Sciences Center , Tucson, AZ, USA
49. Suresh T. Mathews, Ph.D, Assistant Professor.  The Role of Curcumin in Insulin Action and Glucose Metabolism. Mathews Lab, Diabetes/ Obesity Research, Cellular and Molecular Nutrition, Auburn University, ( AL, USA)
50. Dr Vladimir Vuksan, M. DiBuoono,  J.Sievenpiper,  A.Jenkins,  M.Stavro,  R.Bazinet,  S.Cunnane,  Z.Xu,  A.Pekazar, and others. Salba: Nature’s Most Powerful Whole Food providing cardiovascular, digestive, and optimal health solutions Risk Factor Modification Centre, St. Michael's Hospital, Department of Nutritional Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, (Toronto, Canada)
51. Mr. Dashrath Kumar Burma, D.D.S., Food Inspector, Department of Food Technology, Nepal Government, Nepal
52. Lilia B. Diabetic Products in the “Bahetle” Network , LTD “Bahetle-1”, Kazan, Russia
53. Chantal Guindon, Chronic Disease Science Office (CDSO), Centre for Chronic Disease Prevention and Control, Public Health Agency of Canada, (Ottawa, Canada).
54. Mr. Achyut Mishra, Nettle as functional food. College of Applied Food and Dairy Technology, (Kathmandu, Nepal).
55. Carl Page, Public Health Agency of Canada, (Ottawa, Canada)
56. Twesige Daniel Ngobi, Grain Amaranth and its Management of HIV/AIDS , (Iganga, Uganda).
57. Asoke Banerji, PhD, Professor, Multifarious Activities of Garlic Sulfides, School of Biotechnology, Amrita University,  (Kerala, India).
58. Barkhas Chimed, Oyunsuren Tsensuren (PhD), Bolor Tumurpurev. The Potential and Limits of Functional Foods in Preventing Cardiovascular Disease. Institute of Biology, Center for Biotechnology, Mongolian Academy of Sciences, (Mongolia)