title: [The estimation of the influence of pattern of consumption on the possibility of blood donation by repeated blood donors].
abstract: The aim of this study was to compare the diets of repeated blood donors, qualified to and disqualifiedfrom a blood donation during the course of this study, and to evaluate the impact of the diet and nutritional status on the capability of repeated donors to donate blood. The study was carried out during the autumn of 2009 in Szczecin on a group of 40 repeated blood donors who volunteered for another donation to the Regional Centre for Blood Donation and Blood Treatment (RCKiK). Analysis of the results revealed that the diet of the studied donors was inappropriate; however the men qualified without contraindications to donation consumed more nutrients involved in haematopoesis in the diet (B-group vitamins and iron), compared to men who were not allowed to donate blood. It can therefore be presumed that temporal contraindications preventing subjects from blood donations may have resulted from a poorly balanced diet. The results of this study imply that blood donors should be educated by the RCKiK as to the principles of proper nutrition, so that they would be able to compose a diet which would compensate for nutrient depletions in the body due to multiple blood donations.
authors: Zakład Fizjologii Zywienia Człowieka, Zachodniopomorski Uniwersytet Technologiczny w Szczecinie. Joanna.Sadowska@zut.edu.pl
authors: Joanna
authors: J
authors: Sadowska
authors: Olga
authors: O
authors: Sacharczuk
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001782:Blood Donors / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D004032:Diet / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D015930:Diet Records; D004040:Dietary Carbohydrates / Q000008:administration & dosage; D004041:Dietary Fats / Q000008:administration & dosage; D004044:Dietary Proteins / Q000008:administration & dosage; D002149:Energy Intake; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015596:Nutrition Assessment; D009751:Nutritional Requirements; D009752:Nutritional Status; D011044:Poland
chemical_list: D004040:Dietary Carbohydrates; D004041:Dietary Fats; D004044:Dietary Proteins