| Autor: |
Rodríguez-Hernández AI; Departamento de Nutrición, Universidad Autónoma de Aguascalientes, Av, Universiades 940, Aguascalientes C.P. 20100, Mexico., Salinas E; Laboratorio de Inmunología, Departamento de Microbiología, Universidad Autónoma de Aguascalientes, Av, Universidad 940, Aguascalientes C.P. 20100, Mexico., Tirado González DN; Departamento de Ingenierías, Tecnológico Nacional de México (TecNM), Instituto Tecnológico El Llano Aguascalientes, Carr. Aguascalientes-S.L.P km 18.5, El Llano, Aguascalientes C.P. 20330, Mexico., Velasco Benitez C; Departamento de Pediatría Cali-Colombia, Universidad del Valle, Cali C.P. 76001, Colombia., Jiménez M; Laboratorio de Inmunología, Departamento de Microbiología, Universidad Autónoma de Aguascalientes, Av, Universidad 940, Aguascalientes C.P. 20100, Mexico., Córdova-Dávalos LE; Laboratorio de Inmunología, Departamento de Microbiología, Universidad Autónoma de Aguascalientes, Av, Universidad 940, Aguascalientes C.P. 20100, Mexico., Cervantes-García D; Laboratorio de Inmunología, Departamento de Microbiología, Universidad Autónoma de Aguascalientes, Av, Universidad 940, Aguascalientes C.P. 20100, Mexico.; Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnologia, Av. Insurgentes Sur 1582, Ciudad de México C.P. 03940, Mexico., Rodríguez Nava VF; Departamento de Enfermería, Universidad Autónoma de Aguascalientes, Av, Universidad 940, Aguascalientes C.P. 20100, Mexico., Bermúdez-Humarán LG; Micalis Institute, Université Paris-Saclay, INRAE, AgroParisTech, 78350 Jouy-en-Josas, France. |
| Abstrakt: |
Cerebral palsy (CP) in children constitutes a set of movement and body posture disorders caused by brain injury, which in turn is associated with a series of intestinal, respiratory, and malnutrition conditions. Twenty-four children were selected and included for the present study and subdivided into two groups: (1) children who included modern kefir (containing 12 probiotic species) in their diet; and (2) control group (not including kefir in their diet). The group supplemented with modern kefir received a beverage with multi probiotic species and the control group received commercial yogurt (which included the 2 typical lactic acid bacteria) for 7 weeks. Anthropometric variables, resting energy expenditure, presence, and diagnosis of functional digestive disorders (FDD), frequency of respiratory problems, presence of elevated C-reactive protein, differential count of leukocytes were evaluated. A significant increase in weight and height was found in the kefir group at the final time point. In addition, kefir intake promoted a significant reduction in functional constipation and stool hardness and increased the absolute value of blood lymphocytes. Since the fermented milk beverage modern kefir improves constipation, which is the most important FDD in children with CP and the nutritional and immune status, it could be considered an important strategy to improve health in these children. |
