Training and Maintenance of Use of Kefir Milk for Healing Degenerative Disease Symptoms of Tanjungsari Elderly Muslim
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- 10.2991/icie-18.2018.54How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- degenerative diseases; elderly; milk kefir
- Abstract
The dedication of Lecturers to the Society aims to improve the quality of health of the assisted elderly through the utilization of milk kefir based on the resources potential of Tanjungsari region, socialization and community empowerment, especially the elderly in the manufacture and usage of household milk kefir. This devotion uses the training method followed by mentoring for one month. The aged health parameters measured at the beginning and end of the activity include blood pressure, glucose level, cholesterol and uric acid. The results of the dedication show successfully bringing the training participants up to 150% (90 people) from the initial target. Seventy participants (175% of the target) committed to the practice of making milk kefir, 29 people (145% of the target) consistently produce and utilize milk kefir regularly. Participants who consistently utilized the milk kefir experienced improvement of the four health parameters measured, i.e. blood pressure, glucose, uric acid, and cholesterol with percentages of 65.5%, 93.1%, 100% and 82.76%, respectively.
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- © 2018, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
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- This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).
Cite this article
TY - CONF AU - Neneng Windayani AU - Tuti Kurniati AU - Yulia Sukmawardhani AU - Milla Listiawati AU - Nurhamzah Nurhamzah PY - 2018/10 DA - 2018/10 TI - Training and Maintenance of Use of Kefir Milk for Healing Degenerative Disease Symptoms of Tanjungsari Elderly Muslim BT - Proceedings of the International Conference on Islamic Education (ICIE 2018) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 296 EP - 301 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/icie-18.2018.54 DO - 10.2991/icie-18.2018.54 ID - Windayani2018/10 ER -