Bicalho AH, Santos FR, Moreira DC, Guimarães VHD, Ribeiro GH, De Paula AMB, Guimarães ALS, Pereira UA, Costa T, Paiva CL, Baldo MP, Santos SHS. 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 2022;
15:37-48. [PMID:
35139785 DOI:
10.2174/1874609814666210614104904]
[Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2021] [Revised: 04/27/2021] [Accepted: 05/08/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
Abstract
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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