Comparação da qualidade externa de ovos de duas linhagens de postura recebendo a mesma dieta e criadas em sistema de semi-intensivo.

2016

Utilizzo di farina di insetti e microalghe come fonti proteiche alternative nella dieta del pollo da carne: ripercussioni sulla qualità della carne.

La tesi ha avuto come obiettivo la valutazione dell’effetto dell’uso di fonti proteiche alternative (alghe ed insetti) nell’alimentazione del broiler sui parametri qualitativi ed il profilo ossidativo della carne di petto di pollo. A tale scopo, 1000 polli maschi ROSS 308 sono stati suddivisi in 8 gruppi sperimentali in funzione della percentuale di inclusione nel mangime di farina di microalghe ed insetti, e della presenza o meno dell’enzima chitinasi: controllo (dieta commerciale), controllo con enzima, dieta 1 (insetti 9%), dieta 2 (insetti 18%), dieta 3 (insetti 9% + chitinasi), dieta 4 (insetti 18% + chitinasi), dieta 5 (microalghe 3%), dieta 6 (microalghe 6%). Un totale di 120 petti di pollo (15/gruppo) sono stati destinati all’analisi del pH, colore, drip e cooking loss, sforzo di taglio, nonché del livello di ossidazione di grassi e proteine della carne. I risultati ottenuti hanno evidenziato come, a prescindere dal tipo di fonte proteica e dalla percentuale di inclusione, il pH della carne ha mostrato valori significativamente inferiori in tutti i gruppi trattati rispetto al controllo, senza però esercitare effetti negativi sulla qualità della carne. La capacità di ritenzione idrica (valutata tramite drip e cooking loss), lo sforzo di taglio e il livello di ossidazione dei lipidi e delle proteine non sono stati infatti influenzati negativamente dal trattamento dietetico. Tuttavia, il colore della carne è stato modificato dall’alimentazione, con particolare riferimento all’indice di giallo (b*) che è risultato significativamente superiore nei gruppi sperimentali alimentati con microalghe rispetto al controllo e a quelli alimentati con farina di insetti. Tale colorazione potrebbe essere gradita in quei mercati in cui vi è una consolidata abitudine a questa pigmentazione della carne. Ulteriori studi saranno effettuati per valutare l’effetto delle fonti proteiche alternative sulla qualità sensoriale e l’attitudine del consumatore verso il colore del prodotto.

Strategie alimentari urbane e il ruolo del dietista: come promuovere una dieta sostenibile?

Posto che le attuali scelte di produzione e consumo legate alle diete a livello globale hanno evidenziato numerosi impatti ambientali negativi, l’obiettivo di questa tesi è, dopo aver illustrato quali sono le strategie nate e che stanno nascendo a livello di governance globale, internazionale, nazionale e locale per contrastare il problema, analizzare il possibile ruolo della figura del dietista nelle politiche e nelle strategie alimentari urbane.

Orientações para o preparo da dieta artesanal

O vídeo foi produzido para o curso "Princípios para o cuidado domiciliar 2", unidade didática "Sondagem e nutrição enteral". Apresenta as orientações para o preparo da dieta artesanal para pacientes que necessitam de sondagem e nutrição enteral.

Recomendações para a redução de sódio na dieta

Este material compõe o Curso de Especialização em Nefrologia Multidisciplinar (Módulo 7, Unidade 3), produzido pela UNA-SUS/UFMA. Trata-se de um recurso educacional interativo que apresenta algumas recomendações para a redução do sódio na dieta, como estratégia de prevenção da Doença Renal Crônica.

A importância da dieta no controle glicêmico do diabético na Unidade Básica de Saúde de Axixá - TO

Controle glicêmico do diabetes para melhoria da qualidade de vida. Contextualiza-se a importância da alimentação saudável e da pratica de atividade física. O plano de ação foi implementado na Unidade Básica de Saúde de Axixá - TO, com identificação de pacientes pertencentes a grupos de risco, dos diabéticos e pré-diabetes, para aos quais foram ministradas palestras com os profissionais de saúde (médico e enfermeiro), além de consultas de orientação e acompanhamento mensal da glicemia em jejum. Após seis meses de atuação, obteve-se um resultado significativo na redução da medicação necessária para o controle glicêmico e uma diminuição no surgimento de novos casos de diabetes.

A promoção do exercício físico e dieta na redução dos níveis de colesterol e triglicérides em pacientes com síndrome metabólica

O aumento da incidência de síndrome metabólica representa um importante fator de risco para doenças cardiovasculares e diabetes mellitus e a atenção primária tem fundamental importância na promoção e prevenção destes fatores a fim de promover saúde.

Factors associated with the prevalence of hypertension and control practices among elderly residents of São Paulo city, Brazil

The aim of this study was to analyze the prevalence of hypertension and control practices among the elderly. The survey analyzed data from 872 elderly people in São Paulo, Brazil, through a cluster sampling, stratified according to education and income. A Poisson multiple regression model checked for the existence of factors associated with hypertension. The prevalence of self-reported hypertension among the elderly was 46.9%. Variables associated with hypertension were self-rated health, alcohol consumption, gender, and hospitalization in the last year, regardless of age. The three most common measures taken to control hypertension, but only rarely, are oral medication, routine salt-free diet and physical activity. Lifestyle and socioeconomic status did not affect the practice of control, but knowledge about the importance of physical activity was higher among those older people with higher education and greater income. The research suggests that health policies that focus on primary care to encourage lifestyle changes among the elderly are necessary.

Folhas verdes, folhas secas, fibra do colmo e a clarificação do caldo de cana-de-açúcar

The presence of vegetal impurities in sugarcane delivered to sugarmills as green and dry leaves is a problem not only because they are non-value materials to be processed along with sugarcane stalks, but also because they can rise the color of the clarified juice and, consequently, the color of the sugar produced, with a reduction of its quality for the market. Another problem is the mud volume sedimented in the clarifiers, which also can result in a larger recirculation and greater volume of filtrate juice, with higher losses of sucrose and utilization of the vacuum rotary filters. The objective of this work was to observe the effect of the presence of green and dry leaves on sugarcane juice clarification, related to a control treatment with the addition of fiber extracted from the stalks. The experiments were planned based on the addition of quantities of fibrous sources in order to formulate samples with absolute increase of 0.25 , 0.50 and 0.75 percentual points over the fiber content of the sugarcane stalks (control treatment). The juice clarification was conducted with a laboratory clarifier. The clarified juice color and the mud volume were evaluated. The presence of green leaves caused higher color and mud volume due to the extraction of non-sucrose components of the leaves. Soluble compounds of dry leaves were also extracted, though not detected by juice analysis. The addition of the fiber extracted from the stalks did not induce alterations in the clarification process.

Thermolysed and active yeast to reduce the toxicity of aflatoxin

Aflatoxins are hepatotoxic metabolites produced by Aspergillus flavus and A. parasiticus on a number of agricultural commodities. This research was carried out to evaluate the ability of thermolysed and active Saccharomyces cerevisiae to attenuate liver damage caused by aflatoxin. Diets were prepared containing 0 aflatoxin; 400 mug kg-1 aflatoxin; 400 mug kg-1 aflatoxin plus 1% of dehydrated active yeast, and 400 mug kg-1 aflatoxin plus 1% of thermolysed yeast. A bioassay with Wistar rats was conducted for 28 days, and body organs were weighted and analyses of the liver tissue of the animals were performed. The relative weight of heart, kidneys and liver from animals submitted to the different treatments did not show any difference, and liver tissue of animals feeding on the aflatoxin-free diet was adopted as a toxicity-free pattern. Hepatic tissue of animals feeding on diets containing 400 mug kg-1 aflatoxin or the diet supplemented with 1% thermolysed yeast showed clear signs of toxicity and damage. Hepatic tissue of animals feeding on the diet containing 1% of dehydrated active yeast showed less toxicity signs and damage than those receiving the diet containing 400 mug kg-1 aflatoxin. Active, dehydrated yeast had the ability to reduce toxic effects caused by aflatoxin, but thermolysed yeast was not able to alleviate the effects of aflatoxin toxicity.

Inibidor da ação do etileno na conservação pós-colheita de Chrysanthemum morifolium Ramat cv. Dragon

The durability and postharvest quality of cut flowers are fundamental attributes in value along the production chain and in consumer satisfaction. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of chemical inhibitors of ethylene action on maintaining the postharvest quality of chrysanthemum stems (Chrysanthemum morifolium Ramat cv. Dragon). The experiment tested maintenance solutions with silver thiosulfate (STS) under five levels (distilled water, a 0.2 mM STS, the STS 0.2 mM + sucrose at 50 g L-1, STS at 0.4 mM; STS at 0.4 mM + sucrose at 50 g L-1), and date of sampling, for three levels (0, 3, 6 days). Three replications with two flower stems in each treatment were used in the experiment. Physical assessments were made: color, fresh mass and relative water content; chemical evaluations: reducing sugars and pigments, and qualitative assessments: turgidity, flower color, and number of buds, open flowers and partially open flowers. Treatment with 0.2 mM STS resulted in better maintenance of fresh mass of stems. The concentration of pigments and reducing sugar was higher in those treatments in which sucrose was associated. The color and relative water content were favored in treatments STS 0.2 mM and 0.4 mM. The concentration of 0.2 mM STS obtained the best results, prolonging the vase life the stems. The quality of these stems was higher, with the best assessments of water content, color and turgidity.

Soluções de manutenção na pós-colheita de Chrysanthemum morifolium cv. Dragon

The development and use of techniques that extend the life vase of the flowers, maintaining the quality of the product, is essential for reducing postharvest losses. The objective of this work was to evaluate different solutions for maintenance, associated or not to sucrose, in maintaining the postharvest quality of chrysanthemum stems. The treatments used distilled water, 8-HQC to 100 mg L-1, 8-HQC to 100 mg L-1 + sucrose 50 g L-1, 8-HQC to 200 mg L-1, 8-HQC to 200 mg L-1 + sucrose 50 g L-1. Physical assessments were made: color, fresh mass and relative water content; chemical evaluations: reducing sugars and pigments, and qualitative assessments: turgidity, color of the flowers, and number of buttons, open flowers and partially open flowers. The combination of 8-HQC 200 mg L-1 + sucrose 50 g L-1 was the best performance that made for maintaining the quality of flower stems, favoring the opening of buttons and turgidity of petals. Sucrose contributed to better maintenance of the reserve substances in the shaft, which had increased the flower vase life.

Desidratação osmótica de abacaxi aplicada à tecnologia de métodos combinados

The aim of this research was to optimize osmotic dehydration of pineapple, according to two criteria: maximize water loss and minimize solid gain. The process was made as an application to Combined Methods Technology, in which three preservation factors were combined: water activity, pH and chemical preservatives, all being applied at low levels, in order to get a product resembling non-processed fruit. The experiment was divided into three treatments, being: non-coated pineapple pieces (A), pieces coated with alginate (B) and coated with low-methoxyl pectin (C). Process involved the following main steps: enzymatic inactivation of fruit pieces; in treatments B and C, incorporation of their respective coatings; and osmotic dehydration, in sucrose syrup containing potassium sorbate and citric acid. Optimum conditions, determined from Response Surface Methodology, were the following: dehydration of fruit pieces coated by alginate, at 42-47° C, in sucrose syrup at 66-69° Brix, for 220 to 270 minutes. Results indicated that both coatings significantly affected the mass transfers of the process, reducing solid incorporation and increasing water loss; therefore, increasing weight loss and performance ratio (water loss: solid incorporation) took place. Water activity was not significantly affected by the coatings. The product obtained under optimum conditions was submitted to sensorial evaluation, and presented a good general acceptance. Moulds and yeasts countings indicated good microbiological stability of the product for at least 60 days at 30ºC.

Jaguarundi (Puma yagouaroundi) (Geoffroy, 1803) (Carnivora, Felidae) food habits in a mosaic of Atlantic Rainforest and eucalypt plantations of southeastern Brazil

Food habits of jaguarundi (Puma yagouaroundi) (Geoffroy, 1803) (Carnivora, Felidae) were studied between November 2000 and November 2001, in a 24.9 km² area of secondary Atlantic Rainforest and eucalypt plantation, in the Serra de Paranapiacaba, São Paulo State, Brazil. Analyses of 26 fecal and regurgitate samples, obtained over a stretch of 570.1 km, showed the consumption of 19 prey items and 74 prey occurrences. Small mammals were the most frequent food item (42.5%), followed by birds (21%), reptiles (14%) and medium-sized mammals (3%). The percent occurrence (PO) suggests that the diet consisted mainly of small rodents (30%) and birds (21%). We recorded for the first time the predation of Viperidae snakes by P. yagouaroundi. Although having a large list of items and range of dietary niche breadths (Bsta = 0.76), our data show that jaguarundi prey mainly on small vertebrates (mammals, birds or reptiles), and even in tall tropical forests or eucalypt plantations, it preys mostly on animals that come to, or live on, the ground.

Are skeletally mature female rats a suitable model to study osteoporosis?

OBJECTIVE: To analyze if female Wistar rats at 56 weeks of age are a suitable model to study osteoporosis. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Female rats with 6 and 36 weeks of age (n = 8 per group) were kept over a 20-week period and fed a diet for mature rodents complete in terms of Ca, phosphorous, and vitamin D. Excised femurs were measured for bone mass using dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry, morphometry, and biomechanical properties. The following serum mar-kers of bone metabolism were analyzed: parathyroid hormone (PTH), osteocalcin (OC), osteoprotegerin (OPG), receptor activator of nuclear factor Κappa B ligand (RANKL), C-terminal peptides of type I collagen (CTX-I), total calcium, and alkaline phosphatase (ALP) activity. RESULTS: Rats at 56 weeks of age showed important bone metabolism differences when compared with the younger group, such as, highest diaphysis energy to failure, lowest levels of OC, CTX-I, and ALP, and elevated PTH, even with adequate dietary Ca. CONCLUSION: Rats at 26-week-old rats may be too young to study age-related bone loss, whereas the 56-week-old rats may be good models to represent the early stages of age-related changes in bone metabolism.