Research of sodium content in dietary and normal foods marketed in Brazilian semi-arid
International Journal of Development Research
Research of sodium content in dietary and normal foods marketed in Brazilian semi-arid
Received 17th April, 2019; Received in revised form 21st May, 2019; Accepted 08th June, 2019; Published online 28th July, 2019
Copyright © 2019, Maria Lucianny Lima Barbosa et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Behavior in relation to food consumption has undergone significant change in recent years. The population with chronic disease that has a restriction in food consumption suffers problems both when it is found, the price and the high sodium intake. Thus the objective of this work was to investigate the levels of sodium in dietary soft drinks marketed in a city in the semi-arid state of Piauí. A statistically significant difference was observed in the amount of sodium in diet foods when compared to normal foods p <0.05. Regarding the carbohydrate content, it was observed that the zeros products comply with the legislation demonstrating a reduced content of carbohydrates. It has been found that zero products have a high level of carbohydrates that can cause hypertension in diabetic patients besides kidney problems. In this way it becomes necessary to elaborate public and regulatory policies to reduce sodium levels in zero, light and diet products.
