Effect of diets corrected for protein, fat and vitamin content on indices of the protective strength of the body in young people during exams
Kerimova, M.G.; Bagirova, B.A.
Voprosy Pitaniia 1: 28-32
1988
ISSN/ISBN: 0042-8833 PMID: 3363912 Document Number: 308026
The investigations conducted in 105 students of a naval school have shown that, in the presence of insufficiently balanced routine nutrition of the students, the emotional stress induced by examinations involved negative shifts in the parameters of immune responsiveness and in the nonspecific factors of immunologic defense. Correction of the rations with olive oil and "Undevit" stimulated, to a greater extent than enrichment with sunflower oil, the humoral specific (B-lymphocytes and immunoglobulins) and nonspecific (lysozyme) immunity in the students investigated during examinations. Addition of sunflower oil to the ration influenced mainly the cellular immunity (T-lymphocytes). Providing with general balanced ration, improved due to increased content of milk protein, most favourably influenced the parameters of immune responsiveness and nonspecific defense factors.