title: [Use of fiber enriched biscuit in the treatment of chronic intestinal constipation].
abstract: Fiber rich cereal brans have been used for the therapeutic treatment of intestinal constipation. To improve acceptability and routine use, cookies were produced from fresh corn pericarp containing 23.3% of dietary cookies. The therapeutic effect of such cookies on simple intestinal constipation was evaluated. 8 individuals with chronic intestinal constipation and without other gastrointestinal diseases were selected. Each individual was given two diets, each of them during a seven day period: first, "normal diet" and, second, "normal" diet supplemented with 100 g of the cookies, i.e., with an increase of 23 g of dietary fiber per day. The cookies produced an increase in the frequency of evacuation (from 0.27 to 0.81 times/day), in fecal weight (from 38.3 to 117.4 g of feces/day), in water content of the feces (from 29.1 to 91.0 g of water/day), in the dry matter of the feces (from 9.1 to 26.4 g/day), and in the fiber content of the feces (from 1.59 to 8.52 g/day). As the addition of the cookies to the diet promoted increases in all fecal parameters studied, they could be considered an option in the treatment of intestinal constipation.
authors.affiliation: Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Unicamp.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sevá-Pereira
authors.forename: G R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: de Moraes
authors.forename: S P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: de Oliveira
authors.forename: F G
authors.initials: FG
authors.lastname: Reyes
mesh_terms: D002908:Chronic Disease; D003248:Constipation / Q000178:diet therapy*; D004043:Dietary Fiber / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D005243:Feces; D005526:Food, Formulated / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D003313:Zea mays
vernacular_title: Uso de biscoito rico em fibras no tratamento da constipação intestinal crônica.