CHAPTER VII

THE EFFECT OF LOW PROTEID DIET ON HIGH PROTEID ANIMALS 229

TOPICS: A wide variety of foods quite consistent with temperance in diet. Safety of low proteid standards considered. Arguments based on the alleged effects of low proteid diet on high proteid animals. Experiments of Immanuel Munk with dogs. Experiments of Rosenheim. Experiments of Jägerroos. Comments on the above experiments. The experiments of Watson and Hunter on rats. The writer’s experiments with dogs. Details of the results obtained with six dogs. Comparison of the results with those of previous investigators. Effect of a purely vegetable diet on dogs. Different nutritive value of specific proteids considered. Possible influence of difference in chemical constitution of individual proteids. Effect of low proteid diet on the absorption and utilization of food materials in the intestine of dogs. General conclusions from the results of experiments with animals.