Evaluation to Nutrient Composition of Hospital-Made Healthy Tube Feeding Formula
| Autor: | Hui-Ping Chang, 張惠萍 |
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| Rok vydání: | 2009 |
| Druh dokumentu: | 學位論文 ; thesis |
| Popis: | 97 Tube feeding diet is widely used in many hospitals and nursing homes in Taiwan. Since 1970, commercial formulas have almost become the standard for the reasons of convenience and man-power saving. Recently, the studies have revealed that a variety of phytochemicals in plant foods only are very important to human health, however, the commercial tube feeding formula does not provide these components. Therefore, we have added natural foods into the formula since 2005 to re-made healthy blended tube feeding formula (NFB formula) and fruit-vegetable juice (FV juice) to the in-patients in Taipei City Hospital and the residents in the nursing home. To understand whether the nutrient contents in the formula change after cooked, blended, and filtered, we collected six different formulas and one fruit-vegetable juice made from a variety of foods, and measured the actual nutrient contents including phytochemicals as compared with the calculated values based on the food composition table. The results showed that the measured nutrient contents, including energy, proteins, dietary fiber, vitamin A, folic acid, lycopene, lutein and zeaxanthin, were higher than the caculated values. Some of foods were not analyzed due to insufficient nutrient databases. However, sodium and plant sterol contents were lower compared with the calculated values. The measured values revealed that proteins, lipids, and carbohydrates were 18.8%, 30.5%, and 50.7% of total energy, respectively, in 1,800-kcal daily supply of the formula (NFB-FV formulas). Zinc content was only 61% Dietary Reference Intakes (DRIs) for the adult males, which can be further adjusted by modification of recpes. Vitamin A, B1, folic acid, and calcium contents were above the DRIs. In addition, our formula contains β-carotene (14.2 mg), lycopene (36.7 mg), lutein (10.3 mg), zeaxanthin (22.4 mg), total phenol (716 mg), and phytosterol （140 mg）, which not provided by most commercial formulas. Therefore, adequate nutrients, various choices of foods, and rich in phytochemicals blended tube feeding formulas are considered preferentially for long-term care patients receiving tube feeding. Further studies are required to investigate these natural feeding formulas in clinical efficacy. |
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