HYGIENIC CRITERIA FOR THE FOOD SYSTEM OF MILITARY SERVICES IN THE REGIONS OF THE HARD NORTH
The urgency of improving the power supply system for the personnel of the Arctic grouping of troops (forces) of the Russian Federation is substantiated. The methodological approaches to the professional selection of military personnel are presented, taking into account the priority of certain constitutional types, biochemical and immunological criteria for assessing the nutritional status. The features of medical control of food in the points of permanent deployment and during the redeployment of military formations are indicated. The specificity of military labor in the Arctic zone, which determines the directions for improving nutrition, has been formulated. The main features of nutrition during military professional activity in high latitudes are indicated, namely: low water quality, a long period of absence of natural insolation, a high level of consumption of canned foods with insufficient levels of vitamins and other essential substances. The priority preventive measures in relation to hypovitaminous and microelementous, toxic-allergic diseases, other diseases and health disorders in the Far North have been substantiated. As promising means of adaptation to the climate of the Arctic zone and the prevention of characteristic diseases, variants of vitamin-mineral complexes have been proposed that contribute to the accelerated adaptation of military personnel to the harsh conditions of the Arctic zone. A comparative assessment of the chemical composition of the dosage forms "Multivitamins + minerals" is given. The importance of the use of antioxidants to prevent the negative impact of free radicals formed at the cellular level, which can subsequently provoke a decrease in performance, has been substantiated. The paper provides a list of the main plant nutrients containing a large amount of natural antioxidants, which have a beneficial effect on the performance of military personnel, optimizing the activities of the main functional systems of the body.