PEDIATRICS Vol. 5 No. 2 February 1950, pp. 210-223
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COMPARISON OF NUTRITIVE VALUE OF MINERALENRICHED MEAT AND MILK

IRVINE MCQUARRIE M.D.1 and M. R. ZIEGLER PH.D.1

1 The Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minn.

The nutritive value of cooked lean meat enriched with Ca, P and other minerals, as well as with fat, carbohydrate and vitamins, was compared with that of whole cow's milk in feeding experiments on young growing rats and on two adolescent boys. As judged by changes in body weight, whole carcass analyses, bone composition, blood serum analyses, character of the furry coat and spontaneous motor activity, growing rats thrived at least as well on the meat as on the milk regimen, when the two diets contained the same amounts of Ca, P, Mg and K, as well as protein, fat, carbohydrate and vitamins.

The meat formula without any mineral enrichment or with either Ca or P omitted from the salt mixture failed to support normal growth and normal bone composition in the rat.

Preliminary N, P and Ca balance studies on two adolescent human subjects showed the Ca- and P-enriched meat to be as good as or slightly better than milk as a source for these elements.

Submitted on May 1, 1949