title: Meal effects on calcium absorption.
abstract: The effect of coingestion of a meal on calcium absorption efficiency was investigated using Ca carbonate, milk, and a new Ca delivery system, CCM. Six experiments with 168 rats and two experiments with 46 normal young women showed that coingestion of a light meal of varied composition enhanced absorption efficiency from all three sources by 10-30% above levels achieved when the test load was ingested without other foods. The differences taken as a whole were highly statistically significant.
authors.affiliation: The Procter & Gamble Company, Miami Valley Laboratories, Cincinnati, OH.
authors.forename: R P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Heaney
authors.forename: K T
authors.initials: KT
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: R R
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Recker
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Hinders
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D005260:Female; D005502:Food; D006801:Humans; D007408:Intestinal Absorption; D051381:Rats; D012016:Reference Values
chemical_list: D002118:Calcium