Review Article

Discovery of Novel Sources of Vitamin B12 in Traditional Korean Foods from Nutritional Surveys of Centenarians

Table 3

Daily food intake and dietary balance and variety in Korean centenarians.

Lee et al. [6]Kwak et al. [9]

Food intake (g) 7 8 7 . 1 ± 3 6 1 . 6 (100.0%)
 Plant (g) 6 8 5 . 4 ± 3 1 8 . 8 (87.1%)
 Animal (g) 1 0 1 . 6 ± 1 0 6 . 3 (12.9%)

Cereals (g) 2 1 9 . 0 ± 8 0 . 0
Potatoes and starch (g) 1 4 . 3 ± 3 9 . 7
Sweets (g) 2 3 . 5 ± 2 9 . 5
Legumes, nuts & tofu (g) 2 9 . 7 ± 8 8 . 8
Vegetables & seaweeds (g)
 (Kimchi) (g)
2 2 2 . 7 ± 1 7 2 . 4
( 6 5 . 7 ± 8 0 . 8 )
Fruits (g) 8 0 . 8 ± 1 3 9 . 5
Soybean-fermented foods (g) 2 4 . 4 ± 3 0 . 0
Meat, poultry & eggs (g) 4 3 . 8 ± 5 1 . 1
Fish & shellfish (g) 3 7 . 6 ± 5 2 . 6
Dairy product (g) 1 8 . 1 ± 6 4 . 1

DDS 3 . 3 3 ± 0 . 6 2 (M)
3 . 5 0 ± 0 . 6 8 (F)
3 . 3 6 ± 0 . 7 3 (F) (91.9%)
DVS 1 7 . 8 3 ± 3 . 6 6 (M)
1 8 . 6 0 ± 5 . 6 9 (F)
1 7 . 1 ± 6 . 2 (F)
(48.7%)

Values are expressed as means ± SD.
% to total food intake.
% of subjects consuming well-balanced diet with higher score than 3.0, 18.0 in DDS or DVS.
DDS: dietary diversity score (0–5 points); DVS: dietary variety score.