Evidence that protein requirements have been significantly underestimated

Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition and Metabolic Care

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 52-57

  Elango, Rajavel ^a,b   Humayun, Mohammad A ^a,b   Ball, Ronald O ^a,b,d   Pencharz, Paul B ^a,b,c,d  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b Department of Nutritional Sciences ^*  (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Estimated average requirement; Humans; Indicator amino acid oxidation; Nitrogenbalance; Protein requirements

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN;

HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NITROGEN BALANCE; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; PROTEIN INTAKE; REFERENCE VALUE; REVIEW;

ADULT; AMINO ACIDS; DIET; DIETARY PROTEINS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; NITROGEN; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION;

EID: 73849098204     PISSN: 13631950     EISSN: 14736519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCO.0b013e328332f9b7     Document Type: Review

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