Experimental Evidence Supports Suspected Role For Protein Deficiency in Origin of Cardiac Malfunction
Abstract
A nutritional study now in progress at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology offers evidence that protein deficiency may play a role in the origin of cardiac malfunction.
The study, sponsored by the US Army Medical Research and Development Command, uses male volunteers who are placed on carefully controlled regimens of diet and activity for periods up to 68 days.
To determine the effect of protein deficiency on the body, a group of volunteers ages 18 to 23 were...