Which table salt to chose?

The link between salt consumption and hypertension has been the focus of many studies and clinical trials in the past few years. It is recommended that table salt intake does not exceed the maximum of 5g per day and yet most people find almost impossible to comply with this recommendation. New types of salt have recently appeared in the market and they claim to be less harmful to health than current commercial salt. Besides being less salty to the taste these new types of salt contain less sodium and more trace minerals than commercial salt but there is a need of experiments and studies in order to establish their benefit to health.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

Body composition, nutritional intake assessment, and perceptions about diet for health and performance: an exploratory study for senior futsal players

This study aims to assess the body composition and nutritional intake of senior male futsal players from the II Futsal Division—Azores Series and explore their individual viewpoints regarding the benefits and barriers of healthy eating and performance. Two groups were identified: those who only completed the sociodemographic questionnaire and the anthropometric data (Group 1, n = 48), and those who additionally had their food intake assessed using three 24-h dietary recalls and were interviewed (Group 2, n = 20). Although most of the players have a healthy body composition, those from Group 2 had a significantly higher Body Mass Index, showing that they are under “pre-obesity”, and have a higher percentage of body fat compared to the players from Group 1. Findings from the nutritional intake assessment revealed that players from Group 2 met dietary recommendations for protein, but not for energy and carbohydrate, and they slightly exceeded recommendations for fat. Findings from the interviews revealed that most of these players reported low levels of satisfaction with their sport performance, explained by their deviation from a healthy eating practice in their daily lives. They recognized the need to alter their diets, identifying food items that should be taken and avoided.The authors thank the participants for their time and effort in partaking in this study. The authors are grateful to Luís M. Cunha, from FCUP, for discussion and suggestions of the statistical analysis. The authors are also grateful to José B. Cunha, from TUDelft, for reviewing the usage of the English language throughout the manuscript.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

Mudanças nas rotinas de produção do jornalismo da Câmara dos Deputados: o processo de integração das mídias legislativas // CHANGES IN JOURNALISMO ROUTINES OF THE BRAZILIAN CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES: THE PROCESS OF INTEGRATION OF LEGISLATIVE MEDIA

Este artigo investiga as repercussões da integração das equipes de reportagem dos veículos de comunicação da Câmara dos Deputados: TV Câmara, Rádio Câmara, Agência Câmara e Jornal da Câmara. A partir de questionário aplicado entre repórteres, editores e produtores, a análise foca o alcance das metas previstas pela direção da Secretaria de Comunicação da Câmara e o grau de satisfação dos profissionais com as novas rotinas e resultado de seu trabalho. Entre as conclusões, ressalta-se o fato de que, apesar do fim de algumas coberturas redundantes, não houve ampliação dos temas noticiados, aumento na diversidade das fontes utilizadas ou melhoria na qualidade do que é produzido

SARS-CoV-2 introductions and early dynamics of the epidemic in Portugal

Genomic surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 in Portugal was rapidly implemented by the National Institute of Health in the early stages of the COVID-19 epidemic, in collaboration with more than 50 laboratories distributed nationwide. Methods By applying recent phylodynamic models that allow integration of individual-based travel history, we reconstructed and characterized the spatio-temporal dynamics of SARSCoV-2 introductions and early dissemination in Portugal. Results We detected at least 277 independent SARS-CoV-2 introductions, mostly from European countries (namely the United Kingdom, Spain, France, Italy, and Switzerland), which were consistent with the countries with the highest connectivity with Portugal. Although most introductions were estimated to have occurred during early March 2020, it is likely that SARS-CoV-2 was silently circulating in Portugal throughout February, before the first cases were confirmed. Conclusions Here we conclude that the earlier implementation of measures could have minimized the number of introductions and subsequent virus expansion in Portugal. This study lays the foundation for genomic epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 in Portugal, and highlights the need for systematic and geographically-representative genomic surveillance.We gratefully acknowledge to Sara Hill and Nuno Faria (University of Oxford) and Joshua Quick and Nick Loman (University of Birmingham) for kindly providing us with the initial sets of Artic Network primers for NGS; Rafael Mamede (MRamirez team, IMM, Lisbon) for developing and sharing a bioinformatics script for sequence curation (https://github.com/rfm-targa/BioinfUtils); Philippe Lemey (KU Leuven) for providing guidance on the implementation of the phylodynamic models; Joshua L. Cherry (National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health) for providing guidance with the subsampling strategies; and all authors, originating and submitting laboratories who have contributed genome data on GISAID (https://www.gisaid.org/) on which part of this research is based. The opinions expressed in this article are those of the authors and do not reflect the view of the National Institutes of Health, the Department of Health and Human Services, or the United States government. This study is co-funded by Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia and Agência de Investigação Clínica e Inovação Biomédica (234_596874175) on behalf of the Research 4 COVID-19 call. Some infrastructural resources used in this study come from the GenomePT project (POCI-01-0145-FEDER-022184), supported by COMPETE 2020 - Operational Programme for Competitiveness and Internationalisation (POCI), Lisboa Portugal Regional Operational Programme (Lisboa2020), Algarve Portugal Regional Operational Programme (CRESC Algarve2020), under the PORTUGAL 2020 Partnership Agreement, through the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), and by Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT).info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

Composição corporal, ingestão nutricional e perceção da influência da alimentação na prática desportiva em atletas praticantes de futsal: um estudo exploratório

O futsal é uma modalidade desportiva relativamente recente e, embora seja uma modalidade em crescimento, até ao momento não existem recomendações nutricionais para praticantes de futsal. Contudo sabe-se que a alimentação influência significativamente o rendimento desportivo, dada a alimentação ser o veículo de obtenção de energia e nutrimentos. A presente investigação procurou avaliar a composição corporal, a ingestão nutricional e hábitos de sono e de treino de atletas de futsal Sénior Masculinos do Campeonato Nacional da II Divisão de Futsal - Série Açores, bem como avaliar a perceção destes atletas da influência da alimentação na prática desportiva. Recorreu-se à antropometria para avaliação da composição corporal (n=68) e à aplicação de questionários às 24 horas anteriores em 3 dias distintos para avaliação da ingestão alimentar (n=20) utilizando o programa informático Nutrium® e à entrevista como técnica de recolha de informação para avaliação da perceção (n=20), utilizando o programa informático QSR Nvivo 10®. Embora a maioria dos atletas apresente uma composição corporal saudável, detetou-se elevada prevalência de excesso de peso, sobretudo nos atletas que participaram da avaliação da ingestão nutricional e perceção. Da avaliação da ingestão nutricional verificou-se inadequação, isto é, baixa em energia e hidratos de carbono e elevada em lípidos e álcool. Do discurso dos atletas demonstrou-se que os mesmos entendem o conceito de alimentação saudável, embora a maioria admita poder melhorar a sua alimentação, sendo que a falta de tempo e a dificuldade em abandonar os alimentos preferidos foram os principais obstáculos identificados à prática de uma alimentação saudável. Em relação ao desempenho, os atletas referiram poder melhorá-lo, através de certos alimentos a evitar ou a promover. Uma minoria dos atletas consumia suplementos para melhoria do desempenho.Indoor soccer is a relatively recent sport and, although it is a growing sport, there are no nutritional recommendations for futsal athletes. However, it is known that food affects sports performance, given the energy and nutrients. The goals of the present investigation, was assessment body composition and nutritional intake and sleep and training habits of senior male indoor soccer athletes from the National Championship of the II Futsal Division - Azores Series, as well as assessing the perception of these athletes of the influence of food in performance. Anthropometry was used to assess body composition (n=68) and the application of questionnaires to the previous 24 hours in 3 different days to assess food intake (n=20) using Nutrium® software and the interview as a technique for obtaining information to assess the perception (n=20), using the QSR Nvivo 10® software. Although the majority of athletes have a healthy body composition, a high prevalence of overweight was detect although most athletes have a healthy body composition, there was a high prevalence of overweight mainly in the athletes that participate in nutritional intake assessment and perception. The assessment of nutritional intake showed inadequate, that is, low energy, carbohydrates and high of lipids and alcohol. From the discourse of the athletes studied, it is understood that they understand the concept of healthy eating, although most admit being able to improve their diet, and the lack of time and the difficulty in abandoning favorite foods were the main criteria identified for the practice of a healthy eating. In relation to performance, the athletes reported being able to improve performance by changing food habits and through certain foods to avoid or promote. A minority of athletes consumed supplements to improve performance