Grigorov Iu G, Kozlovskaia S G, Medovar B Ia
Vopr Pitan. 1984 Sep-Oct(5):22-7.
Nutrition of the elderly population aged 60-90 years and over living in the rural areas of Abkhazia is conservative in nature. It is marked by strict adherence to national habits and traditions. The national features of the examined population include high consumption of dairy and vegetable products, low consumption of salt, sugar, meat, fish, vegetable oil, high content in the diets of acute flavors and vegetable sauces, moderate consumption of alcoholic drinks. In addition, nutrition of the examined population was found to be balanced almost in all main nutrients, in the magnitude of energy capacity, and to correlate with the formula of balanced nutrition. The nutrition pattern under discussion is marked by some characteristics whose role was evidenced by experimental prolongation of the lifetime. This pattern is completely deprived of the known alimentary risk factors of age-associated pathologies. The features of nutrition under consideration seem likely to be determined by the character of adaptation to the climatogeographic conditions and correlate with a good health status of the examinees and high level of longevity in the region under study.
居住在阿布哈兹农村地区的60至90岁及以上老年人口的营养本质上较为保守。其特点是严格遵循民族习惯和传统。被调查人群的民族特征包括乳制品和蔬菜产品的高消费量、盐、糖、肉类、鱼类、植物油的低消费量、饮食中辛辣调味料和蔬菜酱汁的高含量、酒精饮料的适度消费量。此外，发现被调查人群的营养在几乎所有主要营养素、能量容量大小方面都是平衡的，并且与均衡营养配方相关。所讨论的营养模式具有一些特征，实验性延长寿命证明了这些特征的作用。这种模式完全没有已知的与年龄相关病症的饮食风险因素。所考虑的营养特征似乎可能由对气候地理条件的适应特性决定，并且与被调查者的良好健康状况以及所研究地区的高长寿水平相关。
