ABSTRACT
According to statistical data, in member countries of the World Health Organization (WHO), 50% of the overall mortality is attributable to cardiovascular diseases and nearly 15% to neoplastic diseases (WHO 2004), the development of which holds nutrition as one of the most important risk factors. By changing our undesirable dietary patterns and consuming foods that are more conforming to the human nutritional expectations, we can hope to achieve an outcome that has an increasing proportion of the population reaching the highest age determined by their genes. erefore, our modern society has a huge responsibility in the facilitation of people having access to foods of adequate quality, which could result in a further improvement of their quality of life.
