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American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Vol 56, 905-910, Copyright © 1992 by The American Society for Clinical Nutrition, Inc

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Vitamin B-6 depletion followed by repletion with animal- or plant- source diets and calcium and magnesium metabolism in young women

JR Turnlund, AA Betschart, M Liebman, MJ Kretsch and HE Sauberlich
Western Human Nutrition Research Center, USDA/ARS, Presidio of San Francisco, CA 94129.

An 84-98-d study was conducted in young women to determine the effect of vitamin B-6-deficient diets on calcium and magnesium metabolism. A vitamin B-6-deficient formula diet fed initially was followed by either animal- or plant-source protein food diets containing four increasing amounts of vitamin B-6. Calcium balance was negative during vitamin B-6 depletion. Serum calcium was higher and calcium balance negative with the plant protein diets. Magnesium balance was negative during vitamin B-6 depletion due to increased urinary magnesium excretion. Urinary calcium decreased during vitamin B-6 depletion and increased as dietary vitamin B-6 increased. Urinary oxalate was significantly higher at the end than at the beginning of vitamin B-6 depletion and was higher with plant than animal protein diets. The results suggest that vitamin B-6 depletion may alter calcium and magnesium metabolism and that dietary components associated with the protein source may influence calcium retention.




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