Supplementation "human race" metabolic profile of women and practitioners of exercise aged 58 years a 71

Abstract

Arterial coronary diseases have been the first cause of death in almost all over the country since the decade of 1960. One of the main causes of arterial coronary diseases and diabetes mellitus are respectively the high levels of the total cholesterol and triglycerides and the high levels of blood glucose. Preventing and treating such diseases through diet therapy are measures based on scientific foundation. Basedon this information and due to the rise in the Brazilian market of a source of fiber dietary supplement called “human race” (Human Food Supply) as well as the growing interest of the population in this food product, it was verified the supplementation with 2 tablespoons (20g) daily, in 8 women aged between 58 and 71 years old, normocholesterolemic, normoglycemic, practitioners of physical exercise (cardio, strength and stretching), 3 times a week, 1 hour and 15 minutes each session. There were no changes in the usual diet of the participants and the study lasted 30 days. The purpose of this study was to verify whether this supplementation favorably alters the levels of glucose, total cholesterol and triglycerides. The statistical analysis was done by “test comparisons between two averages of two paired samples”, with the significance level of p<0.01. It is concluded that there was no difference, i.e., for the group studied, using 2 tablespoons a day of “human race” (20g) for 30 days did not show a significant reduction in levels of total cholesterol, triglycerides and glucose.