Characterization of a plant dietary supplement (“multimistura”) capacities, used in Mozambique to fight nutritional insecurity
The use of food dietary supplements, commonly called “multimisturas”, has been adopted, in developing countries, as a strategy to combat micronutrient deficiency in the population.. The goal of this work was to study the composition and nutritional potential of a “multimistura” that was developed...
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Language: | English |
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ALIES - Associação Lusófona para o Desenvolvimento da Investigação e do Ensino das Ciências da Saúde
2016-12-01
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Series: | Journal Biomedical and Biopharmaceutical Research (BBR) |
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Summary: | The use of food dietary supplements, commonly called “multimisturas”, has been adopted, in developing countries,
as a strategy to combat micronutrient deficiency in the population.. The goal of this work was to study the
composition and nutritional potential of a “multimistura” that was developed and used in a vulnerable community
of Nampula, Mozambique to fight micronutrient deficiency in pregnant or lactating women and in children up to 8
years old. The micronutrient composition of the “multimistura” developed with locally available products did not
show statistically significant differences when compared to commercial food supplements used in industrialized
countries. Taking in account the composition results and the nutritional requirements of each target group, it was
observed that the currently recommended daily intake should be, at least, doubled to fulfil the nutritional needs
of each of the groups. The exception regards Children in the 1-3 year old group, would be an exception, as the
doubling of ingestion would be detrimental since it would exceed the tolerable daily intake of magnesium. This
work allowed the suggestion of some procedures aimed at balancing the supplement nutritional composition to
leverage adequate levels of household nutritional security in the target community. |
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ISSN: | 2182-2360 2182-2379 |