Durán-Cabral M, Fernández-Jalao I, Estévez-Santiago R, Olmedilla-Alonso B. Assessment of individual carotenoid and vitamin A dietary intake in overweight and obese Dominican subjects.
AbstractIntroduction: Carotenoids are plant pigment with important biological activities in humans, such as provitamin-A among others. At present, there are no individual carotenoid intake data in the Dominican population, which is at risk of vitamin A defi ciency and has an important percentage of overweight and obese individual s.Objective: To assess the individual components of vitamin A intake (retinol, α-carotene, β-carotene and β-cryptoxanthin) and that of other relevant dietary carotenoids like lutein, zeaxanthin and lycopene of Dominican daily food intake. Methods: Fifty overweigth and obese subjects (22-69 y). Individual carotenoid intake, from whole diet and from the ingestion of fruits and vegetables, was determined using three 24 h diet recalls and a specifi c carotenoid database. Retinol, macronutrient and energy intake were calculated using DIAL ® software.
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