Biological effect of hydroxycitric acid within a Garcinia Cambogia extract on the nutrient metabolism

ArticleAmong plant supplements, which once included in a food regimen, induce a favorable evolution in persons seeking to lose some weight, Garcinia cambogia fruit containing hydroxycitric acid deserves close attention. The aim of this study consisted in the investigation of a biological effect of hydroxycitric acid within a Garcinia cambogia extract on the nutrient metabolism. The study involved the use of a Garcinia cambogia extract comprising hyroxycitric acid in the amount of 60.23%. In view of simulating the conditions of digestion, model dietary media consisting of extrusion products added with a Garcinia cambogia extract and enzymes were developed. The simulation of digestion processes in experimental model media has shown the decrease of glucose formation. Possibly hydroxycitric acid inactivates the activity of amylases, what results in the decline in the content of free monosaccharides and in the reduction of synthesis of glycerol as a fat component with the effect of an inhibited triglyceride formation. The addition of an extrusion product comprising the Garcinia cambogia extract to the diet of laboratory animals (rats) after 28 days of the experiment resulted in a reliable reduction of blood total cholesterol and triglycerides by 13% and 28%, respectively, and also in the decrease of body weight of animals by 5.8%. The investigation confirms the data available in the literature on the properties of hydroxycitric acid within a Garcinia cambogia extract, which influences the nutrient metabolism, thereby allows using brindleberry processing products for the correction of body weight

Medical stress in children: features of emergence and overcoming

The article considers medical stress as a special phenomenon having both physiological and psychological characteristics. As a result of literature review and theoretical analysis, some biological and psychological factors of stress reactions in children during pathological processes and medical manipulations are differentiated. The influence of medical stress on further mental development and the risk of destructive personal changes is considered. The approaches to overcoming medical stress in children under outpatient or inpatient treatment are analyzed. Psychological technologies effective for the formation of effective coping strategies are described.В статье рассмотрен медицинский стресс как особый феномен, имеющий как физиологические, так и психологические характеристики. В результате обзора литературных источников и теоретического анализа дифференцированы некоторые биологические и психологические факторы возникновения стрессовых реакций у детей при патологических процессах и во время медицинских манипуляций. Рассмотрено влияние медицинского стресса на дальнейшее психическое развитие и риск возникновения деструктивных личностных изменений. Проанализированы подходы к преодолению медицинского стресса у детей в условиях амбулаторного или стационарного лечения. Описаны психологические технологии, эффективные для формирования эффективных копинг-стратегий

A Study of the Attitude of the Parents Caring for Children with Severe Multiple Developmental Disorders to Teaching Their Children Alternative Communication

В статье представлен опыт использования альтернативных средств коммуникации для обучения навыкам вербального поведения детей с тяжелыми множественными нарушениями развития.The article presents a theoretical review of some domestic and foreign studies describing the experience of using alternative means of communication to teach verbal behavior skills to children with severe multiple developmental disorders. In the course of analyzing special literature, the authors of the article describe the parameters of the child's condition and the specificity of the environment that affect the selection of alternative communication tools