Meal effects on calcium absorption.
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.
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The Procter & Gamble Company, Miami Valley Laboratories, Cincinnati, OH.
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D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D005260:Female; D005502:Food; D006801:Humans; D007408:Intestinal Absorption; D051381:Rats; D012016:Reference Values
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