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Resumen Un capítulo novedoso es la atención y promoción por parte de médicos especialistas de aspectos relacionados con procedimientos estéticos, más que con la salud. La aspiración humana de la búsqueda de la belleza personal ha generado nuevos escenarios en la labor médica. El Comité de Ética y Transparencia en la Relación Médico Industria (CETREMI) de la Academia Nacional de México ha revisado esta circunstancia y emite recomendaciones tanto a los médicos como a los productores y potenciales consumidores de procedimientos estéticos.
Abstract A novel chapter in current medical settings is the promotion and attention of esthetic aspects rather than health issues by health professionals. The human aspiration related to the search for personal beauty has generated new scenarios in medical practice. The Committee on Ethics and Transparency in the Physician-Industry Relationship (CETREMI) of the National Academy of Medicine of Mexico has analyzed this phenomenon and has issued recommendations directed both to medical professionals and to producers and potential consumers of esthetic procedures.
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Humans , Surgery, Plastic/ethics , Beauty Culture/ethics , Guidelines as Topic , Commerce/ethics , Cosmetics , Dermatologists/ethics , Advisory Committees , Marketing/ethics , MexicoABSTRACT
Com o objetivo de comparar a qualidade físico-química dos méis inspecionados com méis adquiridos no mercado informal, comercializados no estado do Rio de Janeiro, analisaram-se 35 amostras de méis, sendo 25 inspecionados e 10 clandestinos. Os parâmetros avaliados foram: fraude por adição de amido, açúcares redutores em glicose e não redutores em sacarose, hidroximetilfurfural, determinação da acidez e proteínas. Os resultados obtidos demonstraram que 100% das amostras dos méis clandestinos estavam fora dos parâmetros em pelo menos uma das análises, apresentando os seguintes resultados: 70% das amostras demonstraram presença de amido; 30% encontravam-se abaixo dos padrões para proteína; na Prova de Fiehe, 30% apresentaram coloração vermelho cereja e 30% coloração salmão; 50% estavam abaixo do limite para açúcares redutores, 20% excederam os padrões para sacarose e 40% ultrapassaram a acidez estabelecida. Os resultados encontrados nos méis inspecionados foram mais satisfatórios, entretanto, apresentando alguns valores alterados: 12% positivos para adição de amido, 12% positivos para HMF, sendo 4% com coloração vermelha, sugestiva de presença de açúcar invertido e 8% com coloração salmão, que indica que o mel foi aquecido intensamente ou foi estocado por período prolongado em temperatura elevada, 4% fora dos padrões para açúcares redutores e 12% com acidez acima do estabelecido pela legislação.
Aiming at comparing the physicochemical quality of inspected honey with that of non-inspected honey from the informal market, both on sales in Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil, we have examined 35 samples of honey, among which 25 had been inspected and 10 were non-authorized. The following issues were investigated: fraud involving the addition of starch, of glucose (reducing sugar), of saccharose (non-reducing sugar) and of hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF), and determination of acidity and of protein. It so turned out that 100% of the non-inspected honey samples did not meet the parameters in at least one of our tests, the net result being expressed in the following terms: 70% of the samples contained starch; 30% had a protein content below the standard; 30% showed the red coloration for HMF and 30% for HMF showed the salmon coloration; 50% were below the floor for reducing sugars; 20% were above the ceiling for saccharose, and lastly 40% had an acidity level above the recommended. On the other hand, the results found in the samples of inspected honey were more satisfactory, the figures being as follows: 12% were positive for starch; 12% were positive for HMF, among which 4% showed the coloration typical for a concentration higher than 70mg/kg and 8% higher than 40mg/kg; 4% were below the standard for reducing sugars, and lastly 12% presented an acidity level above the legal recommendation.