Calcium: Unusual Sources in the Highland Peruvian Diet
- 13 December 1963
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 142 (3598) , 1466-1467
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.142.3598.1466
Abstract
A dietary survey conducted in the southern highlands of Peru revealed two important sources of dietary calcium not previously reported. Mineral and ash calcium ingested as a food spice, and along with coca, raises the calcium intake from the low figures recorded by standard nutritional surveys to a more substantial level.Keywords
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