Hypertension parameters are attenuated by the continuous consumption of probiotic Minas cheese

Pablo C B Lollo; Priscila N Morato; Carolina S Moura; Carine N Almada; Taissa L Felicio; Erick A Esmerino; Márcio E Barros; Jaime Amaya-Farfan; Anderson S Sant'Ana; Renata R S Raices; Márcia C Silva; Adriano G Cruz

doi:10.1016/j.foodres.2015.07.015

Hypertension parameters are attenuated by the continuous consumption of probiotic Minas cheese

Food Res Int. 2015 Oct;76(Pt 3):611-617. doi: 10.1016/j.foodres.2015.07.015. Epub 2015 Jul 14.

Affiliations

¹ Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Faculdade de Engenharia de Alimentos (FEA), Departamento de Alimentos Nutrição (DEPAN), Cidade Universitária Zeferino Vaz, 13083-862 Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Faculdade de Engenharia de Alimentos (FEA), Departamento de Alimentos Nutrição (DEPAN), Cidade Universitária Zeferino Vaz, 13083-862 Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil.
³ Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Faculdade de Engenharia de Alimentos (FEA), Departamento de Ciência de Alimentos (DCA), Cidade Universitária Zeferino Vaz, 13083-862 Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil.
⁴ Universidade Federal de Grandes Dourados (UFGD), Faculdade de Ciências da Vida, Rodovia Dourados, km. 12, 79800-000 Dourados, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil.
⁵ Instituto Federal de Ciência e Tecnologia do Rio de Janeiro (IFRJ), Equipe de Alimentos, 20270-921 Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

PMID: 28455044
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodres.2015.07.015

Abstract

The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of ingestion of probiotic Minas Frescal cheese (PMFC) on hypertension parameters in spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHRs). Twenty-eight animals were divided into four groups fed with different experimental diets: control initial (CI), control final (CF), traditional Minas Frescal cheese (CMFC), and PMFC. The latter two groups were fed with 20g of cheese per day for 15days. All groups were assessed for blood pressure and health parameters. The results show that the group fed with PMFC exhibited significantly lower blood pressure when compared to the group fed with CMFC, CI, and CF. Regarding the other health parameters, an improvement in blood lipids (triglycerides and cholesterol) was observed for the group fed with PMFC as compared with CMFC. No significant differences were observed in renal function parameters. Our findings suggest that consumption of probiotic cheese can be potentially useful to improve the cardiovascular health parameters.

Keywords: Hypertension; Minas cheese; Probiotic bacteria.