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The Adequacy of Soya Bean Protein in Promoting Nitrogen Retention in Infancy:  Preliminary Study FREE

SAMUEL J. FOMON, M.D.; CHARLES D. MAY, M. D.
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Submitted for publication Dec. 19, 1958.

Aided by grants from Lever Brothers Company and the College of Medicine Trust Fund.


AMA Am J Dis Child. 1959;98(1):6. doi:10.1001/archpedi.1959.02070020008002.
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In previous study of normal infants fed pooled, pasteurized human milk ad libitum with additional vitamins (A, C, and D) but no other supplementary foods,1 the mean daily intake of protein between 4½ and 6 months of age was found to be 1.7 gm. per kilogram (standard deviation ±0.3). It has long been customary to supply considerably greater intakes of protein to infants receiving formulae, on the reasonable assumption that too little protein was likely to be more detrimental to the infant than an excess; there is as yet no answer to the question of whether protein supplied from other sources may enable infants to thrive as well as does human milk.

The present study was designed to test the effect of supplying a significant proportion of the infant's intake of protein from another source while keeping the total intake of protein similar to that of infants reared on

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Fomon, S. J., and May, C. D.:  Metabolic Studies of Normal Full-Term Infants Fed Pasteurized Human Milk , Pediatrics 22:101, 1958;.
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Barnes, G. R.:  Acceptance of a Soya Food by Infants , A. M. A. J. Dis. Child. , this issue, p. 1.
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Fomon, S. J.; Thomas, L. N.; Jensen, R. L., and May, C. D.:  Determination of Nitrogen Balance of Infants Less than 6 Months of Age , Pediatrics 22:94, 1958;.
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Fomon, S. J.: Metabolic Studies of Normal Full-Term Infants Fed High Intakes of Protein, in preparation.
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Macy, I. G.; Kelly, H. G., and Sloan, R. E.: The Composition of Milks: A Compilation of the Comparative Composition and Properties of Human, Cow, and Goat Milk, Colostrum, and Transitional Milk , Publication 254, Washington, D. C., National Academy of Sciences—National Research Council, 1953;.

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Fomon, S. J., and May, C. D.:  Metabolic Studies of Normal Full-Term Infants Fed Pasteurized Human Milk , Pediatrics 22:101, 1958;.
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Barnes, G. R.:  Acceptance of a Soya Food by Infants , A. M. A. J. Dis. Child. , this issue, p. 1.
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Fomon, S. J.; Thomas, L. N.; Jensen, R. L., and May, C. D.:  Determination of Nitrogen Balance of Infants Less than 6 Months of Age , Pediatrics 22:94, 1958;.
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Fomon, S. J.: Metabolic Studies of Normal Full-Term Infants Fed High Intakes of Protein, in preparation.
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Macy, I. G.; Kelly, H. G., and Sloan, R. E.: The Composition of Milks: A Compilation of the Comparative Composition and Properties of Human, Cow, and Goat Milk, Colostrum, and Transitional Milk , Publication 254, Washington, D. C., National Academy of Sciences—National Research Council, 1953;.

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