EFFECTS ON CONSUMPTION OF MUSHROOM AGARICUS BLAZEI ON ELDERLY´S LIFE QUALITY INDEXES

  • Luiz Julio Rocha de Oliveira Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais
  • Juliana Ladeira Garbaccio Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais
  • Wiliam César Bento Regis Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais
Keywords: Nutrition, Life quality, Physical activity, Elderly people, Agaricus blazei

Abstract

The relationship between the use of the mushroom Agaricus blazei, physical activities and life quality among the elderly is investigated. Current transversal study was undertaken with 44 elderly people divided into two groups: Group A – 21 elderly people who practiced physical activity exclusively; Group B – 12 elderly people who used Agaricus blazei but did not practice any physical activity; Group C – 11 elderly people who consumed Agaricus blazei and practiced physical activity. A structured questionnaire was employed and descriptive analysis was performed with SPSS 17. Group C had the greatest number of elderly people who declared good and very good health, good and very good memory and lower occurrence of pain, rigidity and edema in their joints. The synergic use of the mushroom Agaricus blazei with physical activities may improve the life quality of elderly people.

Author Biographies

Luiz Julio Rocha de Oliveira, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais
Doutorado em Ciências dos Alimentos pela Universidade Federal de Lavras; Docente do ensino básico técnico e tecnológico do Instituto Federal de Educação Ciência e Tecnologia do Triângulo Mineiro, Campus Uberlândia, Brasil
Juliana Ladeira Garbaccio, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais
Docente associada à Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais (PUC Minas), Brasil.
Wiliam César Bento Regis, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais
Docente no Programa de Pós-graduação em Biologia de Vertebrados na Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais (PUC Minas), Programa de Pós-graduação em Nutrição e Saúde da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG) e no Programa de Pós-graduação em Medicina Tropical e Infectologia da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Brasil.

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Published
2017-06-27