Table 3.

Nutritional intake for placebo and b240 groups before intervention

	Placebo	b240	Reference values
Carolies (kcal/day)	1,500 ± 181	1,495 ± 224	1,350–1,600
Protein (g/day)	52.6 ± 8.6	52.3 ± 8.5	50–60
Fat (g/day)	39.8 ± 9.4	40.9 ± 8.0	23–44
Carbohydrate (g/day)	225.9 ± 36.0	224.4 ± 38.3	169–236
Retinol (µg/day)	582.1 ± 180.1	516.0 ± 216.4	450–650
Vitamin C (mg/day)	91.5 ± 30.7	91.6 ± 33.3	100

Values are expressed as means ± SD. The reference values were taken from Dietary Reference Intakes for Japanese (The Japan Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, 2004).