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American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Vol 58, 902-907, Copyright © 1993 by The American Society for Clinical Nutrition, Inc

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Measurement of zinc bioavailability from beef and a ready-to-eat high- fiber breakfast cereal in humans: application of a whole-gut lavage technique

JJ Zheng, JB Mason, IH Rosenberg and RJ Wood
Mineral Bioavailability Laboratory, US Department of Agriculture Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, Tufts University, Boston, MA 02111.

We measured zinc absorption in humans from two different foods, using a whole-gut lavage technique. Healthy adults (n = 8) were given test foods containing approximately 4 mg (61.2 mumol) Zn as either beef or a high-fiber, ready-to-eat breakfast cereal. Basal zinc loss in the gut was measured after giving only 200 mL water alone after an overnight fast. Mean polyethylene glycol (PEG) recovery, a nonabsorbable fecal marker, was 95 +/- 2% (mean +/- SE). There was no significant difference of PEG recoveries with the various treatments. True absorption of zinc was 11.0 +/- 5.4 mumol (716.3 +/- 355.9 micrograms) for breakfast cereal and 34.8 +/- 3.5 mumol (2274.1 +/- 230.2 micrograms) for beef. Fractional zinc absorption was significantly lower for breakfast cereal compared with beef, 14.7 +/- 6.7% vs 55.1 +/- 4.6%, respectively. Our findings demonstrate that zinc absorption can be measured in humans from single foods containing a physiological dose of zinc by using the whole-gut lavage absorption technique and that zinc bioavailability from beef is about fourfold greater than from a high-fiber breakfast cereal.


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