Edición N°4 – Artículo 07
Alimentos que mejoran mi salud (gelatinas medicinales)
Foods that improve my health (medicinal jellies)
Autores: Grace Estefania Mogrovejo Suárez, Érica Cristina Lojano Peña, Karen Estefanía Mejía Durán (Unidad Educativa Misioneros Oblatos)
Resumen
Gelatinas medicinales es un proyecto en donde se plantea dar a conocer los beneficios del consumo de gelatinas elaboradas a base de plantas medicinales y por tal motivo este proyecto lleva por lema Alimentos naturales que mejoran mi salud. Como es de conocimiento general, hoy en día, se ha dejado de lado el uso de la herbolaria para el tratamiento de diferentes dolencias y se ha dado paso al consumo desmedido de fármacos, estos productos si bien es cierto favorecen al tratamiento de determinadas afecciones, pueden generar algunos síntomas secundarios, por lo tanto, nuestro grupo focal de consumidores serán niños, adolescentes y adultos mayores. Consideramos a los niños y a los jóvenes debido a que día con día se presentan nuevos tipos de alergias a determinados productos y en el caso de los adultos mayores debemos recordar que algunos de sus órganos ya no asimilan muchas sustancias en su etapa adulta, a más de esto, muchas personas de la tercera edad presentan problemas a la hora de ingerir alimentos, como consecuencia de la falta de piezas dentales o una afectación total o parcial de las mismas. Para la realización de nuestro producto fue necesario obtener el extracto de diferentes plantas medicinales y mediante el uso de una base de gelatina realizamos las correspondientes dosificaciones, obteniendo un producto de calidad con un sabor agradable, el mismo que fue consumido por niños y jóvenes.
Palabras clave: herbolaria, plantas medicinales, gelatinas, niños, adultos mayores.
Abstract
Medicinal jellies is a project that aims to raise awareness of the benefits of consuming jellies made from medicinal plants, which is why this project’s slogan is Natural foods that improve my health. As is widely known, nowadays, the use of herbal medicine for the treatment of various ailments has been neglected and replaced by the excessive consumption of drugs. Although these products are effective in treating certain conditions, they can cause some side effects. Therefore, our target consumer group will be children, adolescents, and older adults. We are focusing on children and young people because new types of allergies to certain products are emerging every day. In the case of older adults, we must remember that some of their organs no longer assimilate many substances in adulthood. In addition, many older adults have problems eating as a result of missing teeth or total or partial tooth loss. To make our product, it was necessary to obtain extracts from different medicinal plants and, using a gelatin base, we made the corresponding dosages, obtaining a quality product with a pleasant taste, which was consumed by children and young people.
Keywords: herbal medicine, medicinal plants, gelatin, children, older adults.
Edición N°4
Fecha de publicación: 08 mayo del 2020.
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