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American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Vol 32, 1597-1611, Copyright © 1979 by The American Society for Clinical Nutrition, Inc

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Changes in nitrogen balance of depleted patients with increasing infusions of glucose

DH Elwyn, FE Gump, HN Munro, M Iles and JM Kinney

Depleted patients were maintained on intravenous infusions of amino acids and glucose with constant N intake (173 mg/kg body weight), and three different levels of energy intake (15.4, 37.6, and 58.5 kcal/kg) given sequentially for 4 days each. Changes in N balance were abrupt and maximal in 1 to 2 days. Maximal changes in N balance preceded, and were not dependent on maximal changes in fat and glucose metabolism. N retention increased 1.7 mg/kcal of increased energy balance, during both hypocaloric and hypercaloric intakes, a value similar to that observed in normal adults. No increase in resting energy expenditure occurred with increasing energy intake during negative energy balance. During positive energy balance resting energy expenditure increased by 1 kcal for each 5 of intake. It seems likely that increasing energy restores mainly that portion of lean body mass associated with fat deposition; and rapid restoration of lean body mass requires high N intakes. At zero energy balance, N balance in these depleted patients was only slightly positive at an intake of 173 mg N per kilogram. This is about twice the intake of N required to maintain zero N balance in normal adults.


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