CONSUMO DE ALIMENTOS PREBIÓTICOS E PROBIÓTICOS POR PACIENTES ATENDIDOS EM UMA CLÍNICA ESCOLA DE UMA UNIVERSIDADE DO MUNICÍPIO DE SÃO PAULO
CONSUMO DE ALIMENTOS PREBIÓTICOS E PROBIÓTICOS POR PACIENTES ATENDIDOS EM UMA CLÍNICA ESCOLA DE UMA UNIVERSIDADE DO MUNICÍPIO DE SÃO PAULO
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.22533/at.ed.8132413065
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Palavras-chave: Prebióticos. Probióticos. Consumo alimentar.
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Keywords: Prebiotics. Probiotics. Food Intake
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Abstract: Introduction: Among the functional foods that are currently in demand, there are probiotics, prebiotics, which promote balance of the intestinal microbiota, improve the health of the host, XVIII Jornada de Iniciação Científica - 2022 and may be associated with a reduction in the risk of chronic degenerative and non- communicable diseases. Objective: To characterize the consumption of prebiotic and probiotic foods by patients treated at the Clinical School of Nutrition of a University in the city of São Paulo. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study, which was carried out with secondary data from medical records of a sample of adult patients, of both sexes, attending a Clinical School of Nutrition at a University in the city of São Paulo. The 24-hour recall was fundamentally analyzed in the medical records and whether there was consumption of prebiotic foods, in which the following were considered: oats and chia; banana, apple, pear, cashew and plum; tomato, chives, garlic, onion, cabbage, beetroot and cucumber; cashew nuts and Brazil nuts; milk, yogurt, cheeses, curds and ricotta. Results: The study included 47 patients, most of them female (76.6%), with an average age of 35.2 years and normal nutritional status (32%). As probiotic foods (milk group) the most consumed were cheeses (46.8%). As prebiotics, the foods that were highlighted in the fruit and vegetable groups were bananas and tomatoes, consumed by 35.7% and 39.5% of the sample, respectively. In the cereal group, oats were the most consumed, present in 16.9% of consumers. In relation to the oilseeds group, cashew nuts were consumed by only 3.8% of patients. Conclusion: Patients treated at the Clínica Escola de Nutrição showed a high consumption of prebiotic and probiotic foods, with this consumption being more concentrated in foods from the groups of milk and dairy products, fruits and vegetables.
- Ana Paula Bazanelli
- Júlia Passos Barros
- Marcia Nacif
- Renata Furlan Viebig