title: Meat-based functional foods for dietary equilibrium omega-6/omega-3.
abstract: Nutritionists encourage improving the diet by combining meat products with fish or other sea-related foods, in order to equilibrate the omega-6/omega-3 ratio. Strong scientific evidence supports the beneficial health effects of a balanced omega-6/omega-3 PUFA (poly unsaturated fatty acids) diets. In the present work, the scientific bases of new functional meat products with both a balanced omega-6/omega-3 ratio and a synergic combination of antioxidants are discussed. The aim is to contribute to the dietary equilibrium omega-6/omega-3 and to increase the antioxidant intake. Conventional meat products supplemented with a specific fatty acids and antioxidants combination led to functional foods with healthier nutritional parameters.
authors.affiliation: Sección Departamental Ciencias de la Alimentación, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Ciudad Universitaria de Cantoblanco, Madrid, Spain. guillermo.reglero@uam.es
authors.forename: Guillermo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Reglero
authors.forename: Paloma
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Frial
authors.forename: Alejandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cifuentes
authors.forename: Mónica R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: García-Risco
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Jaime
authors.forename: Francisco R
authors.initials: FR
authors.lastname: Marin
authors.forename: Vicente
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Palanca
authors.forename: Alejandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ruiz-Rodríguez
authors.forename: Susana
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Santoyo
authors.forename: Francisco J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Señoráns
authors.forename: Cristina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Soler-Rivas
authors.forename: Carlos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Torres
authors.forename: Elena
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ibañez
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000975:Antioxidants / Q000737:chemistry; D004032:Diet; D015525:Fatty Acids, Omega-3 / Q000737:chemistry*; D043371:Fatty Acids, Omega-6 / Q000737:chemistry*; D005524:Food Technology; D058870:Food, Organic; D008461:Meat Products; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000737:chemistry; D012474:Salmon; D017747:Seafood; D017392:Thiobarbituric Acid Reactive Substances / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D000975:Antioxidants; D015525:Fatty Acids, Omega-3; D043371:Fatty Acids, Omega-6; D010936:Plant Extracts; D017392:Thiobarbituric Acid Reactive Substances