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The B vitamin content of hospital meals and potential low intake by elderly inpatients
Author(s) -
Thomas Anita J.,
Finglas Paul,
Bunker Valda W.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
journal of human nutrition and dietetics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.951
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1365-277X
pISSN - 0952-3871
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-277x.1988.tb00201.x
Subject(s) - niacin , medicine , riboflavin , thiamine , pyridoxine , pyridoxamine , meal , vitamin , b vitamins , food science , vitamin b6 , pyridoxal , dietary reference intake , biochemistry , nutrient , biology , ecology , phosphate
The content of thiamin, riboflavin, vitamin B6 (pyridoxamine, pyridoxal, pyridoxine), niacin and total folate were determined in the meal choices comprising a typical day's menu in a teaching hospital. Thiamine, riboflavine, and B6 were measured by HPLC analysis, folate by microbiological assay, and niacin content was calculated from food tables. The results were compared with UK Recommended Daily Amounts (RDA) whenever possible (thiamine, riboflavine and niacin). Vitamin B6 and folate results were compared with the US Recommended Daily Dietary Amount (RDDA) as no British recommendation was available. Elderly inpatients selected meals which, even if completely consumed, provided half the current recommendation for vitamin B6 and one‐third of the recommendation for folate. More than half the meal selections provided less than recommended amounts of riboflavine, and in a quarter of cases less than the recommended amount of thiamine.