DIETARY INTAKE INFLUENCE OF CHOCOLATE WITH PREBIOTICS ON THE INTESTINAL AND ORAL MICROFLORA
In experimental study the comparative effect of dietary intake of lactose-free chocolate with prebiotics and milk chocolate «Alenka» on microbiocenosis of gastrointestinal tract was evaluated, as well as psycho-emotional state of girls aged 18 to 20 years. A much larger number of volunteers who consumed lactose-free chocolate (70%) reported an improvement in well-being associated with the reduction of dyspeptic perceptions and /or positive psycho-emotional background compared with participants in the experiment, who consumed milk chocolate «Alenka» (40%, χ2 = 4,43; p<0,05). Lactose-free chocolate with prebiotics showed the best result in normalization of intestinal and oral microflora compared with chocolate «Alenka» due to a sharp decline in the frequency of occurrence (from 60% to 7%) of yeast fungi of the genus Candida and Staphylococcus aureus on 20%.