ΛΙΠΑΡΑ ΣΥΣΤΑΤΙΚΑ ΜΕΣΟΓΕΙΑΚΗΣ ΔΙΑΤΡΟΦΗΣ
Date Issued
December 7, 2023
Type
Πτυχιακή Εργασία
Abstract
The Mediterranean diet is a model diet, since numerous studies have
demonstrated its contribution to the maintenance of good health and the prevention of
degenerative diseases. Nevertheless, the influence of Western pattern diets is resulting
is an increasing expulsion from the Mediterranean model.
In this thesis the ambition is to gather current information on the
Mediterranean diet in a ‘dynamic’ way, i.e. in relation to the latest research on its
components, specifically on its lipidic components. The aim is to highlight the
importance of the lipidic components of the Mediterranean diet in promoting and
maintaining the health of the human body, due to the composition of the
Mediterranean diet and its beneficial components in health education as well as the
dynamic it has in trying to change Western life and dietary patterns according to the
Mediterranean model.
Nonetheless, in recent years there has been a growing concern from the field
of food chemistry and product safety about the presence of some fatty acids in food
due to the harmful effects observed on human health during consumption. These fatty
acids are produced from fatty substances of either animal or plant – based origin.
Therefore , a review is required that aims to fully determine the production of good
and bad fatty acids , their detection , quantification as well as suggestions for
minimizing bad fatty acids from foods.
In conclusion, the literature review generally focuses on the formation of fatty
acids, on their main sources in the human diet, on their chemical and biological
properties that affect human health, the methods of detection of these fatty acids and
the regulatory approach to control the content of fatty acids in foods.
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