CAPACIDADE FUNCIONAL DA CÁPSULA DE ÓLEO DE ALHO PRODUZIDA NO BRASIL PARA REDUZIR OS NÍVEIS PLASMÁTICOS DE LIPÍDEOS. (Portuguese)

FUNCTIONAL CAPACITY OF GARLIC OIL CAPSULE MADE IN BRAZIL TO DECREASE PLASMA LEVELS OF LIPIDS. (English)

Previous studies suggest that garlic capsule, containing 750 mg of the oil, reduces the plasma LDL cholesterol level. The goal of the current study was to evaluate the functional capacity of this oil, as alimentary re-education helper of patients with LDL cholesterol above 130 mg/dl, examined in an office. The sample studied was composed of 36 patients, divided in two groups. All the patients were watched for four months and received alimentary re-education orientation in two times, whereas one group was treated with supplement of functional nutriment. The results didn't show alteration in the cholesterol plasma level on control and experimental groups, suggesting that the so-called functional active principle responsible was not in the capsule. The study allows us to warn about the necessity to establish strategy in Brazil that make it possible to control the functional nutriment quality through continuous analysis of the nutriments in a laboratory. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Estudos prévios sugerem que a suplementação de alho em cápsulas, contendo 750 mg do óleo de alho, reduz o nível de colesterol-LDL plasmático. O objetivo do presente estudo foi avaliar a capacidade funcional deste óleo, como adjuvante à reeducação alimentar de pacientes com colesterol-LDL acima de 130 mg/dl, atendidos em consultório. A população estudada foi constituída de 36 pacientes, dividida em dois grupos. Todos os pacientes foram acompanhados durante 4 meses e receberam orientação para reeducação alimentar em dois tempos, sendo que um grupo foi tratado com a suplementação do alimento funcional. Os resultados obtidos não mostraram alteração dos níveis de colesterol plasmático nos grupos controle e experimental, sugerindo que o princípio ativo supostamente responsável não estava presente na cápsula. Este estudo permite alertar sobre a necessidade de estabelecer estratégias no Brasil que possibilitem o controle de qualidade de alimentos funcionais através de análise laboratorial contínua dos alimentos. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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