Sweetleaf (Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni), currently investigated by many researchers, has been known and used for more than a thousand years indigenous tribes of South America, who called it "kaa-hee" ("sweet herb"). Thanks to its chemical composition and processability sweetleaf may be an alternative for synthetic sweeteners. Nutritional and health-promoting aspects of Stevia rebaudiana are presently being studied in many research centres. The aim of this study is to present nutritional and health-promoting value of the still-little known sweetleaf.
Stevia is a genus of approx. 200 species of herbs and shrubs from the family Astracae. One of the representatives of the genus Stevia is Stevia rebaudiana, previously named Eupatorium rebaudianum Bertoni (Yadav et al., 2011). Among species from the family Astracae with a sweetening potential (Stevia dianthoidea
Aim. There is a limited amount of data on depression in elderly people and even less is known about the relationship between nutritional status and nutritional habits, and mood disorders in this group. The foregoing paper investigates this relationship and evaluates the family status of seniors with depression. Material and methods. The research was conducted on a group of 85 seniors in the ages of 60-91 years. The depression symptoms, nutritional knowledge and nutritional status were investigated and their relationship in elderly women. Results. Depression was present in 27% of women. Seniors with depression had a signifi cantly lower BMI and a larger number of them had better nutritional knowledge than the rest of women. Women with the lowest BMI were statistically younger, had better nutritional knowledge and higher level of depression than women with normal BMI. There is a relationship between depression and family status of seniors. A signifi cantly larger number of single women suffered from depression (50%) in comparison with women in relationships (25%) and single widows (23%). Conclusions. Research showed that there is a relationship between symptoms of depression in elderly women with nutrition and family status. Extending research in order to evaluate nutrition disorders in seniors, which infl uence their mood disorders seems justifi ed.
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