Further studies on the relationship between the composition of the diet and the metabolism of ascorbic acid

Abstract

1. A carefully controlled and balanced high protein diet was fed to eight women to determine what effect a diet high in protein might have upon ascorbic metabolism as judged by the ascorbic acid excretion and the rate of tissue saturation. 2. The difference between the average ascorbic acid excretion measured on a “normal” diet and a high protein diet was less than 2 per cent. 3. The amount of ascorbic acid needed to saturate these subjects under the conditions of this experiment was somewhat greater for the high protein diet than for the “normalD diet.