Food components and dietary patterns of two different groups of Mexican lactating women.

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the energy, nutrient intakes and dietary patterns of Mexican lactating women at one month postpartum, and the associations of maternal age and region on their intakes. METHODS: A total of 60 women were studied: 41 from Northwest and 19 from Central Mexico, 33 adolescent and 27 adult women. Data were collected through two quantitative 24 h recalls. Two more recalls were used in a sub sample to calculate the coefficient of variation of intakes. Menus were based on the consumption frequency of foods. RESULTS: The mean energy intake of the adolescent women (2354 +/- 1199 kcal) and those of Central Mexico (1690 +/- 981 kcal) was lower than the recommendations. Zinc, calcium, vitamin E, C and folate were inadequate (55 to 85% prevalence of inadequacy). Energy, dietary fiber, sodium, potassium, iron and folate intakes were higher (P < 0.05) in Northwest Mexico. Northwestern women consumed less variety of vegetables or fruits compared to Mexico City region women. Wheat tortillas and beans were from Northwestern but not from the Mexico City region diet. CONCLUSIONS: The energy and nutrient intakes of women were different by regional hospital and not by age. Education about the importance of the maternal diet during lactation should be directed toward increasing consumption of foods rich in micronutrients.

Body composition in Mexican adults by air displacement plethysmography (ADP) with the BOD-POD and deuterium oxide dilution using infrared spectroscopy (IRS-DOD).

Thirty four subjects (13 men and 21 women), 24 to 70 years old from northern Mexico, were measured for body density by air displacement plethysmography (ADP) with the BOD-POD, and for total body water by deuterium oxide dilution and infrared spectroscopy (IRS-DOD). Subjects were given a 30 g dose of deuterium oxide. Saliva samples were filtered, sublimated, and deuterium was measured using a Miran 1 FF, IRS. Linear regression of the fat mass (FM) derived from both methods showed that the intercept (0.071) was not different from zero (p = .96) and the slope was 0.96 (p < .0001) demonstrating the techniques to be equivalent. Further, mean FM was 26.7 +/- 12.4 and 25.6 +/- 12.4 kg, for IRS-DOD and ADP techniques, respectively (p = .08). Precision analysis by the model R2 showed that 92.3% of the variability was explained (SEM = 3.4 kg). Bland-Altman analysis showed no significant bias (r = 0.017; p = .93). Mean difference between methods was -1.08 (CI: -2.3 to + 0.13) kg FM.

Evaluación del consumo de leche humana por dilución con deuterio y detección por espectroscopia de infrarrojo / Assessment of human milk consumption by dilution with deuterium and detection by infrared spectroscopy

Objetivo. Adaptar la metodología de evaluación de ingestión de leche humana con isótopos estables utilizando un espectroscopio infrarrojo en lugar de un espectrómetro de masas. Material y métodos. Previo consentimiento informado, 12 mujeres que estaban amamantando recibieron 30 g de D2O por vía oral. a las 4 horas y 1, 3, 6, 9 y 14 días depués de la dosificación, se les tomó una muestra de saliva. Las muestras de saliva de los bebés se tomaron a los 1,2,5,6,13 y 14 días. Todas las muestras fueron preparadas por sublimación y centrifucación y la determinación de la concentración de D2O se determinó por espectroscopía de infrarrojo. Resultados. La recuperación del sistema de sublimación fue superior al 95 por ciento del volumen total tanto de agua sola como de saliva. Se encontró que con tres evaluaciones se alcanza la misma confiabilidad que con 5 evaluaciones. Los volúmenes de ingestión de leche humana fueron similares a los informados por otros autores