TY - JOUR
T1 - Traditional mushroom consumption associated to lower levels of triglycerides and blood pressure in an indigenous peasant community from Oaxaca, Mexico
AU - Meneses, María Eugenia
AU - Galicia-Castillo, María
AU - Pérez-Herrera, Aleyda
AU - Martínez, Rosalva
AU - León, Hugo
AU - Martínez-Carrera, Daniel
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 by Begell House, Inc.
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - Traditional consumption of edible mushrooms is supported by ethnomycological studies worldwide. How-ever, the potential impact of mushroom consumption on the nutritional and health status of remote rural communities has not yet been studied. We carried out these initial standard studies in the indigenous peasant community of Benito Juárez, Oaxaca, Mexico. Participant adults (45) were grouped as follows: optimal body mass index (BMI: 17.8%), over-weight (48.9%), obesity type I (24.5%), obesity type II (4.4%), and obesity type III (4.4%). A high proportion of women (90.3%) and men (64.3%) had a high risk of cardiovascular disease (WHI: waist/hip index). Most women (93.6%) and men (57.1%) showed abdominal obesity. In biochemical parameters, subjects had hypertriglyceridemia (75.6%), hyper-cholesterolemia (26.7%), hyperglycemia (53.3%), and hypertension (46.7%). There was an excessive intake in the diet of energy, proteins, carbohydrates, sugar, and lipids, as well as a deficiency in the consumption of several vitamins and minerals. A high frequency of mushroom consumption (˃ 3 times per week) was significantly correlated to lower energy, lipids, saturated fatty acids (SFA), and sodium intake, as well as to higher intake of cobalamin and zinc. The levels of triglycerides and diastolic blood pressure were significantly lower in adults consuming edible mushrooms every day. Total cholesterol also tended to be lower. These associations allow to promote healthier diets in remote indigenous communities by keeping or increasing the consumption of edible mushrooms, either wild or cultivated. Edible mushrooms can play a more important role in community nutrition and health, considering their unique functional and medicinal properties.
AB - Traditional consumption of edible mushrooms is supported by ethnomycological studies worldwide. How-ever, the potential impact of mushroom consumption on the nutritional and health status of remote rural communities has not yet been studied. We carried out these initial standard studies in the indigenous peasant community of Benito Juárez, Oaxaca, Mexico. Participant adults (45) were grouped as follows: optimal body mass index (BMI: 17.8%), over-weight (48.9%), obesity type I (24.5%), obesity type II (4.4%), and obesity type III (4.4%). A high proportion of women (90.3%) and men (64.3%) had a high risk of cardiovascular disease (WHI: waist/hip index). Most women (93.6%) and men (57.1%) showed abdominal obesity. In biochemical parameters, subjects had hypertriglyceridemia (75.6%), hyper-cholesterolemia (26.7%), hyperglycemia (53.3%), and hypertension (46.7%). There was an excessive intake in the diet of energy, proteins, carbohydrates, sugar, and lipids, as well as a deficiency in the consumption of several vitamins and minerals. A high frequency of mushroom consumption (˃ 3 times per week) was significantly correlated to lower energy, lipids, saturated fatty acids (SFA), and sodium intake, as well as to higher intake of cobalamin and zinc. The levels of triglycerides and diastolic blood pressure were significantly lower in adults consuming edible mushrooms every day. Total cholesterol also tended to be lower. These associations allow to promote healthier diets in remote indigenous communities by keeping or increasing the consumption of edible mushrooms, either wild or cultivated. Edible mushrooms can play a more important role in community nutrition and health, considering their unique functional and medicinal properties.
KW - Blood pressure
KW - Dietary intake
KW - Edible and medicinal mushrooms
KW - Health status
KW - Indigenous community
KW - Mexico
KW - Nutritional status
KW - Triglycerides
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U2 - 10.1615/IntJMedMushrooms.2020036350
DO - 10.1615/IntJMedMushrooms.2020036350
M3 - Artículo
C2 - 33426825
AN - SCOPUS:85095570124
SN - 1521-9437
VL - 22
SP - 953
EP - 966
JO - International Journal of Medicinal Mushrooms
JF - International Journal of Medicinal Mushrooms
IS - 10
ER -