Development and Evaluation of a Low-cost Dairy Food Supplement with Mauritia Flexuosa (Buriti) to Combat Malnutrition: Translational Study in Mice and Institutionalized Elderly Woman.
Curr Aging Sci
; 15(1): 37-48, 2022.
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AIMS: The present study aimed to develop and evaluate a new dairy by-product nutritional supplement with Buriti fruit to improve malnutrition in mice and elderly woman. BACKGROUND: Malnutrition is a prevalent problem in the elderly; therefore, oral dietary supplementation is an important strategy to reduce this health problem incidence. OBJECTIVE: The present study evaluated the effects of a low-cost food supplement, made from byproducts of the dairy and fruit industry in the Brazilian Cerrado (Buriti), on the nutritional status and on the recovery of the metabolic profile of malnourished animals and elderly women. METHODS: In the pre-clinical phase, Swiss mice were divided into six groups and subjected to malnutrition and renutrition. The clinical phase was carried out with 25 elderly women residing in a long-term institution, aged ≥ 65 years and with malnutrition or risk of malnutrition. RESULTS: The main results showed improvements in anthropometric parameters and an increase in serum albumin levels, in addition to lipid profile improvement in the preclinical phase and an increase in the red blood cells and hemoglobin in the clinical phase. CONCLUSION: The supplement based on Buriti was able to reverse malnutrition promoting improvements in anthropometric and biochemical parameters.
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Arecaceae
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Desnutrição
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Health_economic_evaluation
Aspecto:
Determinantes_sociais_saude
Limite:
Aged
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Animals
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Female
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Humans
País/Região como assunto:
America do sul
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Brasil
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En
Revista:
Curr Aging Sci
Assunto da revista:
GERIATRIA
Ano de publicação:
2022
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Brasil
País de publicação:
Emirados Árabes Unidos