Nutrition Reviews

Wasserman, R. H.

doi: 10.1111/j.1753-4887.1975.tb07074.xpmid: 163014

doi: 10.1111/j.1753-4887.1975.tb07075.xpmid: 1089218

A further analysis of human brains shows that active brain growth starts during the second trimester of pregnancy and extends well into the third or fourth postnatal year.

doi: 10.1111/j.1753-4887.1975.tb07076.xpmid: 1089219

Careful use of Harpenden calipers on newborn infants allows measurements to be made of both subcutaneous fat and interstitial water.

doi: 10.1111/j.1753-4887.1975.tb07077.xpmid: 234184

A macromolecular factor which binds unreduced and partially reduced folate but not tetrahydrofolate has been detected in the leukocytes and serum of patients suffering from chronic myelogenous leukemia, pregnant women, and women using oral contraceptives. Its physiological (or pathological) role remains speculative.

doi: 10.1111/j.1753-4887.1975.tb07078.xpmid: 1089212

The relationship between serum ferritin levels and total body iron stores is discussed. Recent work is evaluated which correlates these parameters in iron deficiency, liver disease, inflammation, renal failure, and states with increased red cell turnover.

doi: 10.1111/j.1753-4887.1975.tb07079.xpmid: 1089213

doi: 10.1111/j.1753-4887.1975.tb07080.xpmid: 234183

The leavening process was shown to greatly increase the solubility and in vitro intestinal uptake of zinc from wholemeal bread.

doi: 10.1111/j.1753-4887.1975.tb07081.xpmid: 1089214

A high proportion of rats fed nitrites plus secondary or tertiary amines developed malignant tumors. It is postulated that the nitrosamines produced in vivo as a result of chemical interaction are the causative agents.

doi: 10.1111/j.1753-4887.1975.tb07082.xpmid: 1089215

The effects of vitamin B6 deficiency on the central nervous sytem are not confined to the critical preweanling period of brain development. Central nervous system abnormalities are associated with deficiencies of thiamin, riboflavin, niacin, folic acid, and biotin, besides pyridoxine.

doi: 10.1111/j.1753-4887.1975.tb07083.xpmid: 1089216

Phlorizin injected locally in the region of the medial hypothalamus protects glucoreceptor cells from necrosis due to gold thioglucose injections and defines a group of cells which are particularly associated with the regulation of food intake in mice.