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An analysis of simple carbohydrate content in fruit as a means of data verification for use in clinical practice
Eliášová, Marie ; Starnovská, Tamara (advisor) ; Vyhnánková, Ivana (referee)
Introduction: Nowadays an occurrence of diseases related to carbohydrate metabolism, such as diabetes mellitus, obesity, metabolic syndrome or cardiovascular diseases, is rising. The medical nutrition which is an integral part of the therapy of these diseases includes a recommendation of fruit intake. Nevertheless, this recommendation does not take into account differences in carbohydrate content and composition in various fruit species. The simple carbohydrate intake by patients with the mentioned diseases can have serious medical consequences and therefore, it would be appropriate to make a selection of suitable and unsuitable fruit species based on their carbohydrate content and composition. With such knowledge it would be possible to create or specify recommendations for fruit intake for the mentioned diseases. The data of carbohydrate content and composition in fruit are publicly available in Czech Food Composition Database, nevertheless, these data should not be used to make recommendations until their validity is checked. An independent chemical analysis is an effective tool for verification of the data validity. Objectives: The first objective of this thesis was to perform an independent chemical analysis of various fruit species to characterize their simple carbohydrates and assess,...
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