Nitrogen Balance of Young Adults Consuming a Deficient Diet Supplemented with Torula Yeast and Other Nitrogenous Products

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Abstract
The results of nitrogen metabolism studies performed on young male adult Puerto Ricans consuming a diet typical of low income groups are presented. This diet was supplemented with different nitrogenous products. The significant improvement in nitrogen balance whenever DL-methionine was included as a supplement indicates that the protein of the basal diet used has as its principal limiting factor, a low content of available methionine.