FATTY ACID PROFILE IN THE BARS FOR PEOPLE INVOLVED IN HIGH-LEVEL PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
Journal Title: Medycyna Sportowa - Year 2013, Vol 29, Issue 3
Abstract
[b]Background.[/b] The goal of the study was determination and assessment of fatty acid profile in bars for people involved in high level physical activity. [b]Material and methods.[/b] Thirteen bars were analysed. The material included 3 energetic, 3 protein bars and 7 muesli bars (4 based on corn-rice-potato extrudat and 3 based on sesame). Analysis of fatty acid composition was carried out using gas chromatography. The content of each fatty acid was expressed as weight percentage. [b]Results.[/b] In the studied energy bars, the total content of saturated acids in fat was on average 60.08%. In protein bars, the mean value for the content of saturated acids in fat amounted to 59.35% while in extrudate and sesame based muesli bars it was 44.83% and 11.15% respectively. The content of polyunsaturated fatty acids in energy bars was 3.55%, 9.32%, 11.75% and 31.83% in protein, extrudat and sesame muesli bars respectively.[b]Conclusions. [/b]Inhomogeneity of the analysed bars in terms of the content of fatty acids indicates that various ingredients are used in the process of production. The highest content of saturated fatty acids whose high consumption positively correlates with circulatory system disorders was found in energy, protein and D-group muesli bars. The lowest content of saturated fatty acids, in turn, was found in C-group muesli bars. In none of the studied bars the proportion of omega-6/omega-3 fatty acids meets current nutritional recommendations, indicating the need of omega-3 supplementation during frequent consumption of these bars. The highest proportion of polyunsaturated fatty acids (48.96%), with a proven favourable effect on the human body and the most similar ratio of omega-6/omega-3 acids to nutritional recommendations, was found in C 2 bar, containing pumpkin and hemp seeds.
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Zbigniew Walczak, Michał Starzycki, Maria Dymkowska-Malesa
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