THE MONITORING OF FOODSTUFFS CONSUMPTION AND DIET CHEMISTRY OF ELDERLY PEOPLE IN UKRAINE DURING 1970–2005 YEARS

Y.G. Grygorov, A.E. Podrushnyak, T.M. Semes'ko, L.L. Syneok

This paper presents a monitoring of factual nutrition of elderly people carried out in Ukraine during 1970–2005 years. It revealed significant changes in the structure of consumption of major groups of food products and chemical composition of rations of late. The assortment has reduced 3–4 times and the number of consumed products decreased by 20–40%. Compared to 1970-es and 1990-es, the nutrition of elderly in 2000-es had a more pronounced deficit of geroprotectors, such as antioxidants and nutrients with an antioxidant effect — amino acids (methionine, glutamate), vitamins (vitamins E and C, beta-carotene, group B vitamins), mineral elements (zinc, copper, selenium), thus creating a metabolic background for development of premature aging and age pathology progression.

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