The new Test is intended to demonstrate nutrition intervention better

A new Test can track the individual fat intake reliably and accurately, reports a canadian research team. The Test could be an important tool in public health, to develop better guidelines for the diet. This is urgently necessary, especially in recommendations to fats go, it’s currently widely divergent views.

Researchers from Canada’s MCMaster University to introduce a new type of Test that can be verified on the basis of the smallest amounts of blood fats, which has taken a Person over the food. This allows for better conclusions to be drawn on the health could be, as current knowledge in the diet area are mainly based on statements made by Participants. The Test was recently presented in the “Journal of Lipid Research”.

Unreliable research in the nutrition

The production of reliable nutrition guidelines epidemiologists a great challenge for Nutrition, since you need to rely on the fact that the study participants record their own eating faithfully. The derived results are prone to human error and selective reporting. This always makes for conflicting recommendations in the field of nutrition, especially when it comes to fat diets rich.

Test detects about dietary fats

Chemists McMaster University have developed a Test that can demonstrate circulating fatty acids in the blood. In the process, small amounts of blood enough. More specifically, the Test can detect specific, non-esterified fatty acids (NEFA’s). This allows for a more accurate picture of the dietary fats.

What is the food research makes it difficult to

“Epidemiologists need to find better ways for the reliable assessment of food intake, if you develop diet recommendations,” says Professor Philip Britz-McKibbin, the main author of the study. “The food we consume, are highly complex and difficult-to-measure,” the chemical biologist. There are thousands of chemicals that we take through food to us. In the case of complex operations, one should not rely on self-reports or memories.

Controversial recommendations for fat intake

“The fat intake is one of the most controversial aspects of the nutrition policy in the field of public health,” explains the Professor. Only when reliable, can be measured, what was actually taken in through the food, can be a credible and reliable nutrition recommendations are developed, Britz-McKibbin.

The Test is intended to answer many nutrition questions better

In this way, the researchers want to clarify the question of Diet, such as, for example, whether fish oil supplements for pregnant women are useful, whether certain foods lead to better health of the babies, what is the impact of NEFA’s and other metabolites on the health of children, and whether certain amounts of fats associated with the development of obesity, the pathogenesis of the metabolic syndrome or the risk of chronic diseases. (vb)