American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Vol 24, 1246-1249, Copyright © 1971 by The American Society for Clinical Nutrition, Inc.

Lysine supplementation of wheat and nitrogen retention in children

¹ From the National Institute of Nutrition, Indian Council of Medical Research, Jamai-Osmania P.O., Hyderabad-7, A.P., India

Nitrogen balance studies were carried out in six preschool children who were fed a wheat-based diet providing 2 g/kg protein and 100 kcal/kg body wt. A balance study was carried out on each child at three different periods. During the first period, the children received unfortified wheat flour and during the second period they were fed wheat flour fortified with lysine at the 0.1% level. They received unfortified wheat flour again during the last period. The results showed that there was no significant difference in the nitrogen retention during the three periods.

A wheat-based diet providing adequate amounts of protein and calories may provide sufficient amounts of lysine to meet their requirements. It would, thus, appear that supplementation of lysine to the wheat based diets of children may not be expected to confer any benefit.

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