[Clinical assessment of dietary correction of metabolic syndrome by using specialized food product enriched with chrome].

Effectiveness of Laminaria jam enriched with chromium has been investigated in ambulatory patients with metabolic syndrome. 50 patients ranging in age from 30 to 65 years (mean age 53.4 +/- 7.5) were under observation during 6 months. 30 patients from comparison group were given recommendations on modeling of lifestyle (diet, reduced and controlled dosed physical loading) and they received medical treatment. Main group of patients (20 people) in addition received dietary product--Laminaria jam, enriched with chromium, which daily dose (20 g) contain 280 microg of iodine and 66 microg of chromium. In both groups declines of overweight, improving clinical and laboratory parameters, adaptive organism reserves and quality of life has been registered. Patients from the main group referred good organoleptic properties of dietary product, it was well tolerated by patients without causing unwanted side effects. After 6 months of a dietary correction mean relative body mass reduction in the main group amounted to 5.0% while in the comparison group--3.0%. Positive dynamics of the circumference of the waist in patients accounted for 5.9% in main group and 3.1% in comparison group. Systolic and diastolic blood pressure decreased in the main group, an average of 20.5 and 24.2%; in the comparison group--10.5 and 13.3% respectively. The average reduction in LDL-C reached 28.3% in the main group and 18.3% in the comparison group. Triglyceride levels decrease was an average of 18.9% in the studied group, that was significantly higher than in the control group (3.7%). The dynamics of OGTT in main group amounted to 13.1% while in the comparison group--8.6%. Differences between group indices were statistically significant for most of the variables. The inclusion of the dietary product in a range of therapeutic and preventive activities under metabolic syndrome has been shown to improve clinical and metabolic indicators (body mass, arterial pressure, lipid and carbohydrate metabolism parameters) compared with standard therapy.

[Selenium provision in heart failure of different aetiology].

Determination of selenium status of patients with chronic heart failure of various etiologies showed reduced provision of selenium compared with the control group. Statistically significant increased serum levels of selenium have occurred on average 35,9% after the correction. Intake of sea cabbage jam led to a significant increase in the level of selenium in serum only at patients with deficiency of this trace constituent.

[Clinical efficiency of using laminaria jam enriched with selenium].

Effectivity was studied of a new dietary product enriched with organic form of selenium--laminaria gel in patients with ischemic heart disease and hypertonia. Functional condition of nervous and cardiovascular systems improved after intake of testing product. There were no any adverse changes in biochemical indices of patients receiving studied product. Intake of the product gave reliable increase in the selenium levels of blood serum only in patients with low content of this trace element.