Some diseases characteristic of modern western civilization

Burkitt, Denis

doi:10.1016/s0009-9260(73)80037-6

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“…A migração das populações rurais para os centros urbanos causou profundas modificações nos hábitos alimentares dos indivíduos, ganhando popularidade a alimentação à base de carnes, cereais refinados e açúcar, pobres em fibra alimentar 5 .…”

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Elaboração de biscoitos tipo salgado, com alto teor de fibra alimentar, utilizando farinha de berinjela (Solanum melongena, L.)

Perez¹,

Germani²

2007

Ciênc. Tecnol. Aliment.

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ResumoDevido ao fato da berinjela (Solanum melongena, L.) apresentar um alto teor de fibra alimentar e tendo em vista que biscoitos possuem grande potencial para servir como produto nutritivo, o presente estudo teve como objetivo utilizar a farinha de berinjela na obtenção de biscoitos tipo salgado para apresentarem alto teor de fibra e serem sensorialmente aceitáveis. Utilizaram-se níveis de 10, 15 e 20% de farinha de berinjela. Nos biscoitos prontos avaliaram-se as características químicas e físicas. Os teores de proteína, cinzas, extrato etéreo e fibra alimentar total, dos biscoitos elaborados, aumentaram com o incremento das proporções utilizadas. Por outro lado, a expansão e o peso unitário dos biscoitos diminuíram com o aumento da concentração de farinha de berinjela e sua coloração se tornou mais escura. Os biscoitos elaborados com os três níveis de farinha de berinjela podem ser classificados como produtos de alto teor de fibra alimentar e prontos para consumo. Palavras-chave: berinjela; fibra alimentar; biscoito. AbstractDue to the fact that eggplant (Solanum melongena, L.) presents a high concentration of dietary fiber, and also that crackers show a great potential to be used as a nutritive product, the aims of this present work are the use of dehydrated eggplant flour in the composition of crackers in order to present a high level of fiber while keeping their sensorial quality. Levels of 10, 15 and 20% of eggplant flour where used. In the crackers, the chemical and physical characteristics were evaluated. In the final product, the concentration of protein, ash, lipids and total dietary fibers increased as the level of eggplant flour increased. On the other hand, the expansion and the weight decreased and the color became more intense. Therefore, crackers, of all three levels of eggplant flour, can be classified as high dietary fiber and ready-to-eat food.

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Elaboração de biscoitos tipo salgado, com alto teor de fibra alimentar, utilizando farinha de berinjela (Solanum melongena, L.)

Perez¹,

Germani²

2007

Ciênc. Tecnol. Aliment.

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“…The reported prcvalcncc of gallstones in most black African countries is less than 1% (19), whereas it is about 35 % in Chile (20), and reaches 49% among the Pima Indians in Arizona (21). Such differences are attributed both to hereditary (Pima Indians) and environmental differcnccs (Japan and Africa, for example), including the advent of a "westernized" dict (22,23).…”

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Costs and Effectiveness of Extracorporeal Gallbladder Stone Shock Wave Lithotripsy Versus Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy: A Randomized Clinical Trial

Barkun

Sampalis

et al. 1997

Int J Technol Assess Health Care

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Thirty-five patients were randomized to extracorporeal shock-wave lithotripsy (ESWL) and 25 to laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC). Stone disappearance occurred in only 12 of 32 ESWL patients [38% (95% Cl: 21–56%)] during a 15-month follow-up. Greater incremental gains in quality of life after 6 months were observed among LC patients (p <.01). Total duration of disability was 6.8 ± 8.5 days for ESWL, and 22.7 ± 16.6 days for LC (p <.01). Nine (28%) patients crossed over electively to the LC group, but only 44% of these underwent LC within the next 3 years. ESWL cost Can $58.9/ day of disability saved. ESWL is limited by its selective applicability and modest stone disappearance rate. Its cost-effectiveness is largely dependent on patient acceptance of recurrent episodes of biliary colic due to the persistence of stone fragments.

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“…"4 Non-insulin-dependent diabetes shows little variation with latitude but a greatly increased incidence in towns with worse socioeconomic conditions.5 In contrast, the prevalence of gall stones at necropsy, and mortality from ischaemic heart disease, are associated with both latitude and socioeconomic conditions but there is an inverse correlation between the distributions of the two diseases.2 These findings weigh against the hypothesis of similar dominant dietary influences in the aetiology of appendicitis and other diseases of Western civilisation. 4 Sixty years ago Rendle Short,6 aware of the upsurge in appendicitis that had occurred around the turn of the century, compared the epidemiological data on the disease and the changes that had occurred in the British diet since 1880. He concluded that the appearance of many cases of appendicitis was due to "the relatively less quantity of cellulose eaten on account of the wider use of imported foods."…”

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