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Source: Archivos Latinoamericanos de Nutricion - June 16, 2009 Category: Food Science Tags: Report Source Type: journals

[Chemical characterization of integral flour from the prosopis spp. of Bolivia and Brazil]Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The mature fruits of three species of algarroba found in Bolivia (Prosopis chilensis (Molina) Stunz, P. alba Grisebach y P. nigra (Grisebach) Hieronymus) and of one of Brazil (P. juliflora (SW) DC) were analysed for some nutritional and antinutritional factors. P. nigra showed the highest levels of crude protein (11.33 g/100 g dry matter-DM) and ashes (4.12 g/100 g DM). P. juliflora presented the lowest levels of lipids (0.79 g/100 g DM), crude protein (8.84 g/100 g DM) and dietary fiber (40.15 g/100 g DM), and the highest levels of non reducing sugar (52.51 g/100 g DM) and in vitro protein digestibility (66.45%). Tryp...
Source: Archivos Latinoamericanos de Nutricion - September 1, 2008 Category: Food Science Authors: Galán AG, Corrêa AD, de Abreu CM, Barcelos Mde F Tags: Arch Latinoam Nutr Source Type: journals

[Polyphenol content and antioxidant activity of several seeds and nuts]Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The objective of this work was to evaluate total polyphenol content and antioxidant activity of several seeds, nuts, or grains such as Theobroma cacao, Canpsiandra comosa Benth (chiga), Sorghum bicolor, L. Moench, Melicoccus bijugatus (genip). Total polyphenol content was assessed by the Folin-Ciocalteau method and the antioxidant activity by the beta carotene/linoleate, reducing power, and the anti-radical activity methods. Results showed genip pericarp with the lowest polyphenol content (1.40 gGAE/100 g), and cacao beans with the highest (6.66 gGAE/100 g). Reducing power of cacao beans was also the highest and similar to...
Source: Archivos Latinoamericanos de Nutricion - September 1, 2008 Category: Food Science Authors: Padilla FC, Rincón AM, Bou-Rached L Tags: Arch Latinoam Nutr Source Type: journals

[Fatty acids profile and microstructure of avocado puree after microwave heating]Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Changes in the fatty acid profile and the microstructure of avocado puree after microwave treatment were evaluated. The main components of the fatty acid profile were oleic, palmitic, linoleic and palmitoleic acids. Fatty acids profile of microwaved avocado puree did not show significant changes (p < 0.05). Trans fatty acids were not detected. Microwaved avocado puree showed significant changes in its microstructure. Samples treated with microwaves for less than 40 s preserved the cells shape, causing only a minimal modification. On the other hand, microwave treated avocado puree using more than 40 s, showed a disru...
Source: Archivos Latinoamericanos de Nutricion - September 1, 2008 Category: Food Science Authors: Guzmán-Gerónimo RI, Dorantes L Tags: Arch Latinoam Nutr Source Type: journals

[Use of cowpea (Vigna sinensis) as a chicken complement in an infant formula]Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Legumes represent an important protein source worldwide. In Venezuela, they are generally prepared at home and are consumed by adults, as soup or stew, while children eat them in very small quantities. In order to include legumes in the children's diet, the following work was done using cowpea (Vigna sinensis) as an complement of chicken in the preparation of a nutritionally balanced formula, adapted to the requirements of children. Several formulas were developed and three of them were selected based on their acceptability. In the first formula, the protein source was only of chicken. In the second formula, the chicke...
Source: Archivos Latinoamericanos de Nutricion - September 1, 2008 Category: Food Science Authors: Modernell MG, Granito M, Paolini M, Olaizola C Tags: Arch Latinoam Nutr Source Type: journals

[Food calcium intake in teenager women in Panama]Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The adequacy of calcium intake from food and carbonated drinks consumption levels in a Panama City's female adolescents group was studied. We evaluated 180 teenage girls (12-17 years) in two public schools using food frequency questionnaires and a 24-hour food recall. According to the results, milk and cheese were this population's main calcium source. Milk was a food source in 60.5%, while 56.7% indicated that they eat cheese. On average, a once-a-day intake of one of these dairy products was observed in 1/4 of the group. Ice cream and pulses were secondary calcium sources. Yogurt, milk-made meals and beverages, green...
Source: Archivos Latinoamericanos de Nutricion - September 1, 2008 Category: Food Science Authors: Fernández-Ortega M Tags: Arch Latinoam Nutr Source Type: journals

[Physical activity, eating behavior, and pathology]Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Intense physical activity has been reported in patients with eating disorders, and hyperactivity can be found in more than 80% in severe stages. The beginning of food restriction occurs at earlier ages if there is an intense physical activity; body dissatisfaction is more intense among patients who practice exercise; and the presence of intense activity in anorexia nervosa usually precedes to the restrictive diet. The aim of this study was to evaluate the presence of exercise at the beginning of the eating disorder, and to analyze possible differences in the kind of exercise, according to age, sex and diagnostic subgro...
Source: Archivos Latinoamericanos de Nutricion - September 1, 2008 Category: Food Science Authors: Lobera IJ, Humanes SE, Fernández MJ Tags: Arch Latinoam Nutr Source Type: journals

Changing attitudes, beliefs and feelings towards food in bulimic patients.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The objective of this study was to evaluate eating attitudes of patients with BN, during and after cognitive-behavioral intervention. Thirty nine (39) BN female patients received cognitive behavioral treatment with a multidisciplinary team and had eating attitudes assessed by a questionnaire developed for this research. Frequencies of the attitudes assessed were compared at baseline, after 12 weeks and 24 weeks of treatment. After treatment, patients had less distorted beliefs about food, less guilty after eating "forbidden" foods and they felt more tranquil while eating outside home. Other negative behaviors, as dietary r...
Source: Archivos Latinoamericanos de Nutricion - September 1, 2008 Category: Food Science Authors: Alvarenga MS, Scagliusi FB, Philippi ST Tags: Arch Latinoam Nutr Source Type: journals

[Relationship between overweight, physical activity and physical fitness in school-aged boys in Bogotá Colombia]Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The objective was to determine the prevalence of overweight and obesity, and its association with physical activity and fitness among boys attending a private school in Bogotá, Colombia. 655 boys between 7 and 18 years self-reported their physical activity habits and underwent anthropometric (weight, height, fat percentage by bioelectrical impedance), and physical fitness measurements (PACER, sit and reach, curl-ups, push-ups and hand dynamometry). The association between weight status and physical activity and fitness were assessed by logistic regression models. The outcome was that 38% of the boys were overweight ac...
Source: Archivos Latinoamericanos de Nutricion - September 1, 2008 Category: Food Science Authors: Mojica GT, Poveda JG, Pinilla MI, Lobelo F Tags: Arch Latinoam Nutr Source Type: journals

Mother's overweight, parents' constant limitation on the foods and frequent snack as risk factors for obesity among children in Brazil.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The obesity is a chronic disease in which environmental factors can be involved in the etiology. The aim of this study was to identify risk factors for obesity in children at Viçosa county, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Case-control study with 50 eutrophic and 50 obese children, paired according to gender, age and socioeconomic condition. This sample was selected based on nutritional evaluation of 2,074 children aged 6 to 8 years who were attending either private and public urban schools in Viçosa. Children's and parents' nutritional states were classified according to CDC (2000) and WHO (1998), respectively. Based o...
Source: Archivos Latinoamericanos de Nutricion - September 1, 2008 Category: Food Science Authors: de Novaes JF, Franceschini Sdo C, Priore SE Tags: Arch Latinoam Nutr Source Type: journals

[Eating behavior and childhood obesity: family influences]Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Eating behavior involves all actions that define the relation between human beings and food. It is accepted that feeding habits are acquired through eating experiences and practices learned from the familiar and social context in early childhood. Besides the role of the social context, it is also assumed that familiar factors, both common family environment and genetic inheritance, have an important influence on food intake and eating behavior linked with childhood obesity. Research on food intake and childhood obesity has been traditionally focused on the amount and type of foods in the usual diet. However, it is an i...
Source: Archivos Latinoamericanos de Nutricion - September 1, 2008 Category: Food Science Authors: Domínguez-Vásquez P, Olivares S, Santos JL Tags: Arch Latinoam Nutr Source Type: journals

[Effect of educational nutrition program on the energy and macronutrients intake of preschoolers attending Junji day care centres in the eastern sector of Santiago, Chile]Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
In conclusion, this intervention demonstrated to be effective in early modulation of preschool children dietary intake, one of the important risk factors for obesity and chronic diseases. PMID: 19137986 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Archivos Latinoamericanos de Nutricion - September 1, 2008 Category: Food Science Authors: Vásquez F, Andrade M, Rodríguez Mdel P, Salazar G Tags: Arch Latinoam Nutr Source Type: journals

The prevalence of malnutrition and its risk factors in children attending outpatient clinics in the city of Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of malnutrition and its risk factors in children aged 0-10 years attending outpatient clinics in Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil. A cross-sectional epidemiological study of a population of 347 children was conducted. Data concerning socio-economic levels and food consumption were obtained by interviewing the accompanying guardian of each child. Dietetic evaluation was conducted using a semi-quantitative food frequency questionnaire, and faecal samples were examined by optical microscopy. Anthropometric measurements were transformed into percentiles and z-scores, and nutr...
Source: Archivos Latinoamericanos de Nutricion - September 1, 2008 Category: Food Science Authors: Maia MM, Fausto MA, Vieira EL, Benetton ML, Carneiro M Tags: Arch Latinoam Nutr Source Type: journals

[Inadequate feeding practices between month 4 and 6 and its association with nutritional deficit in a group of Venezuelan lactating infants]Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Adequate practices in food consumption are fundamental for child health, nutrition and growth. In order to detect associations between the inadequate practice of exclusive breastfeeding (EBF), predominant and/or complimentary in the first 4 to 6 months of life, and deficiencies in growth and malnutrition, 240 lactating infants younger than 24 months were evaluated in a low income urban area in the city of Valencia, Venezuela (2006). For the practice of breastfeeding, two groups were identified: children who received EBF in that period of time, and those who did not receive it (No EBF). Z scores were calculated for the ...
Source: Archivos Latinoamericanos de Nutricion - September 1, 2008 Category: Food Science Authors: Sánchez-Jaeger A, Barón MA, Rodríguez LS, Guerrero A, Díaz N Tags: Arch Latinoam Nutr Source Type: journals

[Statistical analysis of the consumption of nutritional and dietary supplements in gyms]Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The abuse of all types of substance to improve sport performance and physical fitness has spread to regularly gym users. The aim of this study was to evaluate the intake of nutritional and dietary supplements in a group of 415 individuals (260 males and 155 females) from 4 gyms in Seville (Spain). The users completed a previously designed questionnaire whose content validity had been tested in a pilot study. Out of the total sample, 56.14% had consumed a supplement at some time. Among these, the objective was improvement of physical appearance in 57.16%, health care in 16.7%, and sports performance enhancement in 13.2%...
Source: Archivos Latinoamericanos de Nutricion - September 1, 2008 Category: Food Science Authors: Oliver AJ, León MT, Hernández EG Tags: Arch Latinoam Nutr Source Type: journals

[Application of phytases as functional ingredient in foods]Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Various food processing and preparation methods result in a reduction in the phytate content of cereals and legumes. However, in general during these processes, phytate is not fully hydrolysed. To alleviate the aforementioned problems in the production of animal feeds, exogenous phytases (myo-inositol hexaphosphate phosphohydrolases) have been widely used. There is great potential, therefore, to use this class of enzymes in the processing and manufacturing of food for human consumption given the capacity to improve mineral bioavailability. This is seen as a way to reduce the risk of mineral deficiency in vulnerable gro...
Source: Archivos Latinoamericanos de Nutricion - September 1, 2008 Category: Food Science Authors: Frontela C, Ros G, Martínez C Tags: Arch Latinoam Nutr Source Type: journals

Chemical composition and fatty acid profile of rhea (Rhea americana) meat.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The purpose of this work was to determine the proximate composition and fatty acid profiles of the Gastrocnemius pars interna intramuscular fat (IMF) of rhea (Rhea americana) thighs. The birds were bred in captivity, fed with balanced feed (Nutriavestruz Crescimento - Purina) and kept in a pen with grass ad lib. The birds of both sexes used in the research weighed 23 kg on average and were aged about twelve (12) months old. They were subjected to hydric diet (12 h) before slaughtering by electric shock. The rhea meat showed an average moisture, protein, ash and total lipid contents of 74.1%, 22.8%, 1.5% and 1.6%, respe...
Source: Archivos Latinoamericanos de Nutricion - June 1, 2008 Category: Food Science Authors: Romanelli PF, Trabuco E, Scriboni AB, Visentainer JV, de Souza NE Tags: Arch Latinoam Nutr Source Type: journals

[Development of an intermediate moisture food from bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.)]Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Beans consumption has been associated to reduction on chronic, non transmissible, diseases development. Generally, its consumption is less to the recommended and it is done principally as whole grain dishes. To increase the consumption, there is an especial interest in the use of new products. The main goal of this research was to design intermediate moisture bean purees (IMP) using soaked, cooked and grained Tortola bean, removing an important testa portion. In preparation of IMP two moisture levels, 25 and 30%, and two glycerol levels, 10 and 15%, were studied. Purees were preserved at ambient temperature (20 +/- 2 d...
Source: Archivos Latinoamericanos de Nutricion - June 1, 2008 Category: Food Science Authors: Figuerola F, Estévez AM, Avendaño O Tags: Arch Latinoam Nutr Source Type: journals

[Correlation between antioxidant activity and bioactive compounds of açaí (Euterpe oleracea Mart) comercial pulps]Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
[Correlation between antioxidant activity and bioactive compounds of açaí (Euterpe oleracea Mart) comercial pulps] Arch Latinoam Nutr. 2008 Jun;58(2):187-92 Authors: dos Santos GM, Maia GA, de Sousa PH, da Costa JM, de Figueiredo RW, do Prado GM The purpose of this work was to analyze commercial açaí pulp and to correlate the contribution of vitamin C, total carotenoids and phenolic compounds with the antioxidant activity of there products besides the examination of the standard related to the quality of the obtained products. Analysis were made with regard to pH, acidity total, soluble soli...
Source: Archivos Latinoamericanos de Nutricion - June 1, 2008 Category: Food Science Authors: dos Santos GM, Maia GA, de Sousa PH, da Costa JM, de Figueiredo RW, do Prado GM Tags: Arch Latinoam Nutr Source Type: journals

[Bacteriological evaluation of goat milk and cheese distributed in the Metropolitan Area of San José, Costa Rica]Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
[Bacteriological evaluation of goat milk and cheese distributed in the Metropolitan Area of San José, Costa Rica] Arch Latinoam Nutr. 2008 Jun;58(2):182-6 Authors: Araya V, Gallo L, Quesada C, Chaves C, Arias ML In the last years, there has been an increase in the production, industrialization and consumption of goat's milk and derivate products, including cheese, worldwide. Nevertheless, in Costa Rica there is no study of these products, reason why the objective of this work was to determine the microbiological characteristics of goat's milk and fresh cheese distributed in the Metropolitan Area of San Jos...
Source: Archivos Latinoamericanos de Nutricion - June 1, 2008 Category: Food Science Authors: Araya V, Gallo L, Quesada C, Chaves C, Arias ML Tags: Arch Latinoam Nutr Source Type: journals

[Evaluation of prerequisites programs for a HACCP plan for frozen sardine plant]Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Good manufacturing practices (GMP) and sanitation standard operating procedures (SSOP) are prerequisites programs for the application of the Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) system as a food safety approach during processing. The aim of this study was to evaluate GMP/SSOP prerequisites in processing line of frozen whole sardine (Sardinella aurita). The GMP compliance was verified according to a standard procedure of the Ministry for the Health of Venezuela, and the SSOP were assessed according to a checklist proposed by the FDA. GMP and SSOP were evaluated following a demerit-based approach. A percent...
Source: Archivos Latinoamericanos de Nutricion - June 1, 2008 Category: Food Science Authors: Rosas P, Reyes G Tags: Arch Latinoam Nutr Source Type: journals

[Factors associated with nutritional supplement consumption in Mexican women aged 12 to 49 years]Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The objectives of this analysis are to identify the types of nutritional supplements (NS) commonly used and explore the associations between NS consumption and socio-demographic characteristics, nutritional status, measured as BMI, and anemia in a nationally representative sample Mexican women aged 12 to 49 years (n = 15,936) who participated in the Mexican National Nutrition Survey in 1999. Data on NS consumption and the other characteristics of interest were collected. We calculated the probability (P) of supplement consumption using logistic regression. For the statistical analysis characteristics at the individual and ...
Source: Archivos Latinoamericanos de Nutricion - June 1, 2008 Category: Food Science Authors: Mejía-Rodríguez F, Camacho-Cisneros M, García-Guerra A, Monterrubio-Flores E, Shamah-Levy T, Villalpando Hernández S Tags: Arch Latinoam Nutr Source Type: journals

Conjugated linoleic acid supplementation modified the body composition and serum leptin levels in weaning rats.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The objective of this study was to study the effects of conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) supplementation on body composition, serum leptin and triacylglycerol levels in Wistar rats. Rats received linoleic acid (group C) or conjugated linoleic acid (group AE, supplemented with AdvantEdge CLA, and group CO, supplemented with CLA One) in the concentrations of 2% of daily feed consumption. Serum leptin and triacylglycerol levels of rats were measured by means of commercial kits. After 42 days of supplementation, rats in the control group exhibited body fat contents of 53.94 +/- 6.80 g, and those in groups AE and CO had 45.43 +/-...
Source: Archivos Latinoamericanos de Nutricion - June 1, 2008 Category: Food Science Authors: Prais Botelho A, Santos-Zago LF, Costa de Oliveira A Tags: Arch Latinoam Nutr Source Type: journals

[The effect of parboiled rice on glycemia in Wistar rats]Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Starch is an important energy source and can represent more than 60% of the calories of the human diet. The starch fraction resistant to enzymatic digestion is called resistant starch. When rice is parboiled, the starch retrogrades with the formation of type 3-resistant starch (retrograded), which presents beneficial effects on the health, since it acts as a prebiotic. In the present study three types of rice were selected, with high, medium and low amylose contents, with the objective of evaluating the effects of conventional and parboiled rice on glycemia in Wistar rats. The samples with high and medium amylose conte...
Source: Archivos Latinoamericanos de Nutricion - June 1, 2008 Category: Food Science Authors: Helbig E, Días AR, Tavares RA, Schirmer MA, Elias MC Tags: Arch Latinoam Nutr Source Type: journals

[Effect of the nutritional recovery on the concentration of Interleukin-2 in severely malnourished children]Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The severely malnourished child has dysfunction of the immune response that may increase the risk of morbidity or mortality due to infectious diseases, therefore, the purpose of this study was to demonstrate the effect of intensive nutritional support on the cellular and serum concentration of IL-2 and CD4+, as well as CD8+ T cells in children with severe protein energy malnutrition. A clinical assay was carried out in a tertiary care hospital. 10 severely malnourished children < 48 months of age who received formula without lactose via enteral feeding for two weeks and ad libitum for an additional two weeks were in...
Source: Archivos Latinoamericanos de Nutricion - June 1, 2008 Category: Food Science Authors: Vásquez-Garibay E, Stein K, Méndez-Estrada C, Pérez-Becerra E, Romero-Velarde E, Ibarra Gutiérrez I, Ortiz Ortega MA, García Iglesias T Tags: Arch Latinoam Nutr Source Type: journals

[Prevalence of overweight and obesity in Ecuadorian adolescent students in the urban area]Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This is the first study to establish the prevalence of overweight and obesity among Ecuadorian adolescent students. The population studied was made up of 2.829 students, 1.461 females and 1.368 males between 12 and <19 years of age. One thousand four hundred and thirty five students were registered in 60 schools, public and private, in the six main cities of the Coastal Region; the remaining 1.394 students were registered in 60 schools, public and private, in the six main cities in the Andean Region. Height and weight were measured in all participants and the body mass index (BMI) of each individual was calculated. ...
Source: Archivos Latinoamericanos de Nutricion - June 1, 2008 Category: Food Science Authors: Yepez R, Carrasco F, Baldeón ME Tags: Arch Latinoam Nutr Source Type: journals

[Maternal anemia in Concepción province, Chile: association with maternal nutritional status and fetal growth]Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
[Maternal anemia in Concepción province, Chile: association with maternal nutritional status and fetal growth] Arch Latinoam Nutr. 2008 Jun;58(2):132-8 Authors: Mardones F, Duran E, Villarroel L, Gattini D, Ahumada D, Oyarzún F, Ramírez K Previous studies in Santiago, Chile have established that anemia in the earliest stages of pregnancy is a public health issue. The situation in other parts of the country is unknown. The purpose of this study is to establish the prevalence of anemia in pregnant women in the province of Concepcion and evaluate its association with maternal nutricional status and ...
Source: Archivos Latinoamericanos de Nutricion - June 1, 2008 Category: Food Science Authors: Mardones F, Duran E, Villarroel L, Gattini D, Ahumada D, Oyarzún F, Ramírez K Tags: Arch Latinoam Nutr Source Type: journals

[Ketogenic diets and weight loss: basis and effectiveness]Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The international consensus is that carbohydrates are the basis of the food pyramid of a healthy diet. Today's specialists believe that the best way to lose weight is by cutting down on calories, essentialy in the form of fat. However, this paper will clarify that ketogenic diets are, from a physiological, biochemicale and practical point of view, a much more effective way of losing weight, since such diets provide metabolic advantages such as the capacity to preserve muscle mass, reduce appetite, to have a lower metabolic efficiency, produce a metabolic activation of thermogenesis and favour a greater fat loss even wi...
Source: Archivos Latinoamericanos de Nutricion - June 1, 2008 Category: Food Science Authors: Pérez-Guisado J Tags: Arch Latinoam Nutr Source Type: journals

[Role of polyamines in diet. Importance of polyamines in infant nutrition]Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The first studies indicating polyamines as important growth factors in breast milk began during the nineties of last century. Nevertheless, it is still not well known the role they play in infant nutrition or what the recommended intake would be for this population group. In recent years, there has been increased attention of the international scientific community towards polyamines, not only due to the important role they play in the cellular metabolism, but also to their possible implication in some diseases and during the development of the human organism. Bearing in mind that the content in polyamines of the infant...
Source: Archivos Latinoamericanos de Nutricion - June 1, 2008 Category: Food Science Authors: Gómez Gallego C, Ros Berruezo G, Bernal Cava MJ, Pérez Conesa D, Periago Castón MJ Tags: Arch Latinoam Nutr Source Type: journals

The effects of different methods of cooking on proximate, mineral and heavy metal composition of fish and shrimps consumed in the Arabian Gulf.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study analyzed eight cooked species of fish and one species of shrimps (grilled, curried, fried and cooked in rice) commonly consumed in Bahrain for their proximate, mineral and heavy metal content. The results reveled that the protein content was in the range of 22.8-29.2 g/100 g, while the fat content was between 2.9-11.9 g/100 g. The energy content was the highest in the fried Scomberomorus commerson being 894.2 KJ/100 g, followed by Scomberomorus commerson cooked in rice (867.3 KJ/100 g). The samples also had a considerable content of sodium ranging from 120-600 mg/100 g, potassium (310-560 mg/100 g) phosphorous (...
Source: Archivos Latinoamericanos de Nutricion - March 1, 2008 Category: Food Science Authors: Musaiger AO, D'Souza R Tags: Arch Latinoam Nutr Source Type: journals

[Composition and antioxidant capacity of the guava (Psidium guajava L.) fruit, pulp and jam]Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Guava (Psidium guajava L.) is a tropical fruit widely relished in the tropics, consumed fresh and processed. In this work, free acidity, pH, ash, nitrogen and water contents were measured, besides the total polyphenol content and the antioxidant capacity of the peel, the shell and the pulp of the fresh fruit and the processed guava pulp and jam. The highest phenolic content was found in the guava skin la (10.36 g/100 g skin) and the lowest in the jam (1.47 g/ 100 g jam), in dry weight. The antioxidant capacity of the skin was 10 times higher than that of the pulp, and the jam was twice that of the shell. PMID: 1858...
Source: Archivos Latinoamericanos de Nutricion - March 1, 2008 Category: Food Science Authors: Marquina V, Araujo L, Ruíz J, Rodríguez-Malaver A, Vit P Tags: Arch Latinoam Nutr Source Type: journals

[Nutritional characterization of produced fish for human consumption in Bucaramanga, Colombia]Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This research involves the nutritional characterization of the most commonly cultivated fish in the region. The species under study were: Rainbow trout (Salmo gairdnerii), tilapia roja (Oreocliromis sp), cachama blanca (Piaractus brachypomus), bocachico (Prochilodus reticulatus magdalenae) and catfish (Pseudoplatystoma faciatum). A sea fish, coho Salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch), was used as reference because it is the imported species most used in the region, and it also contains n-3 fatty acids. For each fish sample moisture, ash, protein content, total fat, minerals (iron, calcium and phosphorous) and a fatty acid prof...
Source: Archivos Latinoamericanos de Nutricion - March 1, 2008 Category: Food Science Authors: Perea A, Gómez E, Mayorga Y, Triana CY Tags: Arch Latinoam Nutr Source Type: journals

Fatty acid concentration, proximate composition, and mineral composition in fishbone flour of Nile Tilapia.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Nile tilapia (Oreochormis niloticus) fishbone is a fish part with unknown composition. After elaboration of flour fishbone of tilapia it was analysede. The results in 100 g of flour were: moisture (14.2%), protein (40.8%), total lipids (25.3%), and ash (18.3%), and mineral (in 100 g) was 2715.9 mg (calcium), 1.3 mg (iron), and 1132.7 mg (phosphorus). A total of 22 fatty acids were detected in fishbone flour total lipids (TL), being the major ones in (g) of total lipids: 16:0 (208.5 mg); 18:1n-9 (344.3 mg); and 18:2n-6 (109.6 mg). The concentration of linolenic acid--LNA (18:3n-3); eicopentaenoic acid--EPA (20:5n-3), an...
Source: Archivos Latinoamericanos de Nutricion - March 1, 2008 Category: Food Science Authors: Petenuci ME, Stevanato FB, Visentainer JE, Matsushita M, Garcia EE, de Souza NE, Visentainer JV Tags: Arch Latinoam Nutr Source Type: journals

[Folate determination in spinach. Influence of cultivation, harvest and cooking methods]Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The aim of this work was to determine vitamin contents in spinach produced by different cultivation type (organic and traditional), harvesting period and after cooking in water. The determination was carried out by High Performance Liquid Chromatography. There was no significant difference in folate contents between spinach cultivated by traditional and organic method and there was also no significant difference between the values obtained at different periods of the year. Folate levels determined as 5-methylTHF and 5-formylTHF varied from 226 to 527 microg/100 g and 4.6 to 10 microg/100 g, respectively. Cooking in wat...
Source: Archivos Latinoamericanos de Nutricion - March 1, 2008 Category: Food Science Authors: Lima-Pallone JA, Catharino RR, Godoy HT Tags: Arch Latinoam Nutr Source Type: journals

[Use of cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) in mixtures with common beans (Phaseolus vulgaris) for the development of new food products]Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The objective of the study was to evaluate cowpeas (V. unguiculata) as a partial substitute of common beans (P. vulgaris) as a paste or as cooked dry flour. The degree of substitution would be that in which the flavor of cowpeas is not detected in the mixture with common beans. The study was developed utilizing the Black Peruchin variety of cowpea and the ICTA Ligero for common beans, the latter with 18.7% protein and cowpeas with of 24.4%. Other nutrients in the samples were similar. It was believed that the characteristic earth flavor of the cowpea was due to its content of polyphenolic compounds. To eliminate such compo...
Source: Archivos Latinoamericanos de Nutricion - March 1, 2008 Category: Food Science Authors: López Guerra CM, Bressani R Tags: Arch Latinoam Nutr Source Type: journals

[Cocoa (Theobroma cacao L.) hulls: a posible commercial source of pectins]Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Commercial exploitation of cocoa (Theobroma cacao L.) generates a volume of hulls that could be used in the production of pectins on an industrial scale. Therefore, pectins from cocoa hulls were extracted at different pH and temperature conditions, and their main chemical characteristics were evaluated. EDTA at 0.5% was used for the extraction at pHs 3, 4 and 5 and temperatures of 60, 75 and 90 degrees C, under a 3 2 factorial design. The response variables were yield, content of anhydrous galacturonic acid (AGA), content of metoxil, degree of esterification and equivalent weight of the pectins extracted. The strength ...
Source: Archivos Latinoamericanos de Nutricion - March 1, 2008 Category: Food Science Authors: Barazarte H, Sangronis E, Unai E Tags: Arch Latinoam Nutr Source Type: journals

[Staphylococcus aureus enterotoxin A detection using the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and its correlation with coagulase and thermonuclease tests]Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The objective of this work is to detect enterotoxin A codifying gene through PCR in a group of S. aureus strains isolated from food samples, and also to correlate the presence of this gene with the production of coagulase and thermonuclease enzymes. A total of 69 staphylococcal strains were analyzed, 58 obtained from non pasteurized milk samples from the Estación Experimental Alfredo Volio Mata and 11 from the Food and Water Microbiology Laboratory collection, Universidad de Costa Rica. Coagulase, thermonuclease and enterotoxin A were analyzed in all the strains, and a statistical correlation was performed in order to...
Source: Archivos Latinoamericanos de Nutricion - March 1, 2008 Category: Food Science Authors: Suarez MJ, Arias ML, del Mar Gamboa M Tags: Arch Latinoam Nutr Source Type: journals

[Differentiated perception of transgenic tomato sauce in the southern Chile]Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The present study considers the debate generated in developed countries by genetically modified foods, the importance of this variable to consumers in Temuco (Araucanía Region, Chile) when purchasing tomato sauce and different market segments were studied through a personal survey administered to 400 people. Using conjoint analysis, it was determined that the presence of genetic modification in food was generally more important than the brand and purchase price. Using cluster analysis, three segments were distinguished, with the most numerous (49.3%) placing the greatest importance on the presence of genetic modif...
Source: Archivos Latinoamericanos de Nutricion - March 1, 2008 Category: Food Science Authors: Schnettler Morales B, Sepúlveda Bravo O, Ruiz Fuentes D, Denegri Coria M Tags: Arch Latinoam Nutr Source Type: journals

[Changes in food availability in metropolitan Santiago Chile according to income (quintiles) 1988-1997]Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Changes in household food availability from 1988-1997 obtained in a representative sample of Metropolitan Santiago were assessed; and related to observed changes in the epidemiological profile. We evaluated expenditures in food and beverages from the IV and V Household Expenditure Surveys conducted every 10 years by the National Institute of Statistics to calculate the Consumer Price Index. Food items were similarly grouped and expenditures from both surveys adjusted to concordance by assigning prices according to of food; the units consumed outside and at home were determined. Food expenditures increased, leading to g...
Source: Archivos Latinoamericanos de Nutricion - March 1, 2008 Category: Food Science Authors: Crovetto M, Uauy R Tags: Arch Latinoam Nutr Source Type: journals

Short stature and food habits as determining factors for the low productivity of sugarcane labourers in the State of Alagoas, north-eastern Brazil.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Undernutrition, especially in the prenatal period and/or until 5 years of age, can cause stunting. Adults with short stature resultant from this process show a series of functional deficits, amongst which is a reduced capacity to do physical work. The aim of this investigation was to evaluate the dietary pattern, nutritional status and stature of sugarcane cutters, and to determine possible associations with worker productivity. Sixty-two male sugarcane cutters (18-50 y) were selected randomly from a population of 600 workers from a plantation in Alagoas (Brazil), and classified as underweight, normal weight or overwei...
Source: Archivos Latinoamericanos de Nutricion - March 1, 2008 Category: Food Science Authors: Florêncio TT, Ferreira HS, Cavalcante JC, de Assunção ML, Sawaya AL Tags: Arch Latinoam Nutr Source Type: journals

Cooperative learning strategies to teach nutrition to geriatric nursing staff.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The objective of this study was to test the hypothesis that cooperative learning strategies will help to increase nutrition knowledge of nurses and nursing assistants caring for the elderly in different institutional communities of the Basque Country, Spain. The target population was a sample of volunteers, 16 nurses and 28 nursing assistants. Training consisted of 12 nutrition education sessions using cooperative strategies conducted over a period of 3 consecutive weeks. The assessment instruments included two pretest and two posttest questionnaires with questions selected in multiple-choice format. The first questionnair...
Source: Archivos Latinoamericanos de Nutricion - March 1, 2008 Category: Food Science Authors: Arroyo M, Rocandio AM, Ansotegui L, Pascual E, Martínez de la Pera C Tags: Arch Latinoam Nutr Source Type: journals

[Food habits and culture factors in pregnant adolescents]Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The purpose of this study was to identify the food habits of pregnant adolescents and their perception about which, of her cultural concepts, have higher influence. 54 subjects between 12 and 19 years old from Guadalajara City were included and socioeconomic, dietetic data, as food frequency consumption and cultural concepts about feeding were also explored. Chi square was used for identifying association between variables. The fat intake was lower in late vs. Early and middle stage of adolescence (57 vs. 71 g/d, p = 0.05). The iron, calcium and zinc intake was also deficient in the early/middle stage; meanwhile, the f...
Source: Archivos Latinoamericanos de Nutricion - March 1, 2008 Category: Food Science Authors: Herrera-Suárez CC, Vásquez-Garibay EM, Romero-Velarde E, Romo-Huerta HP, García De Alba García JE, Troyo-Sanromán R Tags: Arch Latinoam Nutr Source Type: journals

Prevalence of anemia and deficiencies of iron, folic acid and vitamin B12 in an indigenous community from the Venezuelan Amazon with a high incidence of malaria.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The objective of this work was to determine the prevalence of anemia and deficiencies of iron, folic acid and vitamin B12 in Betania del Topocho, a Piaroa community from Estado Amazonas, Venezuela, a zone with a high incidence of malaria. The group studied included 184 subjects of all ages that assisted to the local health center for malaria diagnosis. Analysis performed included hematology by coulter counter, ferritin quantification by ELISA with monoclonal antibodies and folic acid and vitamin B12 determinations by an immunoradiometric assay. It was found that the prevalence of anemia was 89.6% and deficiencies of iron, ...
Source: Archivos Latinoamericanos de Nutricion - March 1, 2008 Category: Food Science Authors: García-Casal MN, Leets I, Bracho C, Hidalgo M, Bastidas G, Gomez A, Peña A, Pérez H Tags: Arch Latinoam Nutr Source Type: journals

Effect of infant formula with probiotics on intestinal microbiota.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Weaning during infancy refers to the initiation of complementary food to breast milk. During weaning, there are significant changes on the gastrointestinal microbiota. Deleterious alterations of the gastrointestinal microbiota can result in pathological processes while measures that stimulate its development and stability, like the use of probiotics, are beneficial. The mechanisms by which probiotics achieve their effects have not been clearly established. Present work compares the microbial composition of feces from infants that were weaned to regular family food, formula with probiotics (B. Lactis BL y S. Thermophilu...
Source: Archivos Latinoamericanos de Nutricion - March 1, 2008 Category: Food Science Authors: Baldeón ME, Naranjo G, Granja D Tags: Arch Latinoam Nutr Source Type: journals

[Organochlorine pesticide residues in 4 types of vegetable oils]Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
In conclusion, it was detected a high incidence of OCP residues in vegetable oils analyzed. PMID: 18524325 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Archivos Latinoamericanos de Nutricion - December 1, 2007 Category: Food Science Authors: Piñero González M, Izquierdo Córser P, Allara Cagnasso M, García Urdaneta A Tags: Arch Latinoam Nutr Source Type: journals

[Inulin and derivates as key ingredients in functional foods]Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Inulin is a non-digestible carbohydrate that is contained in many vegetables, fruits and cereals. It is industrially produced from the chicory's root (Cichorium intybus) and it is widely used as ingredient in functional foods. Inulin and its derivate compounds (oligofructose, fructooligosaccharides) are usually called fructans, as they are basically based on linear fructose chains. This review presents a description of inulin and its most common derivate compounds: chemical structure, natural sources, physic-chemical properties, technological functionality, industrial manufacturing, analytical method for determination ...
Source: Archivos Latinoamericanos de Nutricion - December 1, 2007 Category: Food Science Authors: Madrigal L, Sangronis E Tags: Arch Latinoam Nutr Source Type: journals

[Food habits and caries experience in young adults from Rosario, Argentina]Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Odontological assistance in Rosary City is offered in private and public services. The public ones lack programs to avoid dental loss in adults. Our aim was to describe the caries experience and dietetic habits in three sub-populations of young adults. Applying a standardized anamnesis, 517 patients, both sexes, 15-45 years old, attending to a private service (19%) and two public ones (81%), were investigated. Studied variables: oral health, lacteal and sweet food consumed, and instruction level. Student t-test, ANOVA and chi-square tests were applied. Average decayed teeth were 1.7+/-2.0 in the private service, and 4....
Source: Archivos Latinoamericanos de Nutricion - December 1, 2007 Category: Food Science Authors: Kohli A, Poletto L, Pezzotto SM Tags: Arch Latinoam Nutr Source Type: journals

[Bacteria of Lactobacillus casei group: characterization, viability as probiotic in food products and their importance for human health]Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Lactobacillus casei is a group of phenotypically and genetically heterogeneous lactic acid bacteria, able to colonize various natural and man-made environments. Strains of the Lactobacillus casei group have been widely studied with respect to their health-promoting properties. Several beneficial functions for the human organism have been attributed to regular consumption of food products containing these strains. Bacteria of the Lactobacillus casei group are of great interest for the food industry to improve food quality. A number of studies have been conducted in order to evaluate the viability of strains of Lactobaci...
Source: Archivos Latinoamericanos de Nutricion - December 1, 2007 Category: Food Science Authors: Buriti FC, Saad SM Tags: Arch Latinoam Nutr Source Type: journals

[Alimentary, nutritional and health aspects of elderly women in attendance at the Núcleo de Atenção ao Idoso, Recife/2005]Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
[Alimentary, nutritional and health aspects of elderly women in attendance at the Núcleo de Atenção ao Idoso, Recife/2005] Arch Latinoam Nutr. 2007 Dec;57(4):366-72 Authors: Amado TC, de Arruda IK, Ferreira RA Aging has become a worldwide problem. In order to identify food, nutritional and health aspects of elderly women, a across-sectional study was carried out in 2005 with 106 women over 60 years of age cared for at Núcleo de Atenção ao idoso-NAI at Federal University of Pernambuco. Clinical and social-demographic variables, along with the nutritional status by BMI (OMS and Lipsc...
Source: Archivos Latinoamericanos de Nutricion - December 1, 2007 Category: Food Science Authors: Amado TC, de Arruda IK, Ferreira RA Tags: Arch Latinoam Nutr Source Type: journals

[Validity of an equation based on anthropometry to estimate body fat in older adults]Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study included 202 subjects = 60 y old. The measurements of total body water, bone mineral content and body density were included in the 4C model equation. Total sample was randomly partitioned. Sub-sample one was used to design the equations, which were applied in sub-sample two. Its accuracy and precision was evaluated by lineal regression analysis and the bias by Bland and Altman analysis and simple lineal regression. The best model included body mass, sex and the calf and triceps skinfolds thicknesses, with an R2, standard error of the estimate and Cp of 0.85, 3.2 and 3.2, respectively. When the equation was appli...
Source: Archivos Latinoamericanos de Nutricion - December 1, 2007 Category: Food Science Authors: Huerta RH, Esparza-Romero J, Urquidez R, Pacheco BI, Valencia ME, Alemán-Mateo H Tags: Arch Latinoam Nutr Source Type: journals