Energy and Protein requirements, Proceedings of an IDECG workshop, November 1994, London, UK, Supplement of the European Journal of Clinical Nutrition (International Dietary Energy Consultative Group - IDECG, 1994, 198 pages)
The requirements of adult man for indispensable amino acids
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1. Introduction
2. The problem in defining requirements
3. Protein quality
4. The maintenance requirement (MR)
5.Diurnal cycling: the Millward-Rivers model
6. Theoretical basis of the MIT tracer balance studies
7. Technical problems of tracer balance studies
8. Results of the MIT tracer balance studies
9. Relation between leucine oxidation and nitrogen excretion
10. Factors relating to the design of tracer balance experiments
11. Breakpoint analysis
12. Effect of protein/amino acid intake on protein synthesis and breakdown