The team led by Dr. Fernando Azpiroz, head of the Physiology and Pathophysiology of the Digestive Tract group, has been awarded with the Research Special Prize, in the framework of the Innovation Prize in Health and Food, organized by UCAM University, for his pioneer studies on the effects of Mediterranean Diet on the digestive function and the pleasurable sensations in response to food. In this field, in collaboration with the company Gallina Blanca Star, Dr. Arzpiroz is carrying out a research with the aim to study the ability of food to improve digestive comfort and pleasurable sensations in the body in normal conditions, as well as to improve tolerance in patients with digestive sympthoms. This project is inside the research project on food and health "http://www.vhir.org/salapremsa/mitjans/mitjans_detall.asp?Idioma=en&mv1=5&mv2=1&mh1=0&mh2=0&mh3=0&mh4=0&ms=0&any=2011&num=233" "http://www.vhir.org/salapremsa/mitjans/mitjans_detall.asp?Idioma=en&mv1=5&mv2=1&mh1=0&mh2=0&mh3=0&mh4=0&ms=0&any=2011&num=233" 'Henufood', approved and funded in part by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation, involving 9 companies and 11 hospitals and research centers in Spain.According to VHIR's researcher, this project "demonstrates the good positioning of VHIR in the food industry, where we have two research lines in physiology and intestinal flora, and several attractive projects for the industry". Some of them are with companies such as Danone, Syral and Beneo. "http://www.ucam.edu/news/II-Premios-Innovacion-Alimentaria#.UkPlwT95dHZ" Read on this link all the winners of the UCAM Innovation Prize in Health and Food