British medical journal . small amounts of sugar to the basaloil ration are clearly seen from the following table: T.«LE 11. \ : ; 323 ( 310 Grams Oil, 237 Grams Oil 279 Griims Oil 257Grani& OilGrams I +30 Grams I +60 Grams -h 100 Grams +1£0 GramsOil. I Glucose. ) Glucose. Glieose. I Glneo.^e. 7-: ^ A certain amount of muscular work was done during thisexi)eriment. The addition of the carbohydrate had also a verymarked effect on the output of certain of the othernitrogenous products, such as creatiu and uric acid. The v


British medical journal . small amounts of sugar to the basaloil ration are clearly seen from the following table: T.«LE 11. \ : ; 323 ( 310 Grams Oil, 237 Grams Oil 279 Griims Oil 257Grani& OilGrams I +30 Grams I +60 Grams -h 100 Grams +1£0 GramsOil. I Glucose. ) Glucose. Glieose. I Glneo.^e. 7-: ^ A certain amount of muscular work was done during thisexi)eriment. The addition of the carbohydrate had also a verymarked effect on the output of certain of the othernitrogenous products, such as creatiu and uric acid. The very marked influence which a fat diet lias op theoutput of acetone, diaoetic acid, and /ioxybutyric acid course, well knoi., and was excellently demonstratediu these experiments, as is shown, for example, in thefollowing protocol: T-\BLE ^0 Grnms Olive Oil Baihi. Abetone pel Gcat. of Total ^ .-Vcetone. ^Acid; in * Hieh total nitrogen outiiut. as previous days diet was very rich inprotein (23 Lag in nitrogen oiitpat also accoimts in part forthe high nitrogen output cu second day. On the morning of the fourth day a meal, carbohydraterich but not proteiu poor, was takiiii. with the result thatthere was an immediate fall both iu the output of totalnitrogen and in the degree of acidosis. In addition to 504 The BniTisn 1Medicai. Jocbsjo, J SECTION OF ANATOMY ANp FHyfJIOLOCxr. tSEPT. 19, 1914 this, tlie defiuite psychical effect of the laliiug of carbo-hyjiate after tlie piolonged use of a fat diut was pavticu-]ai-ly well marked; the subject within an hour or two arjd cheery, whereas previously he was dull andheavy; at the same time the feeling of physical debilityand tiredness disappeared. There is no doubt, then, that both protein and carbo-hydrate, and certainly fat, are all essential for thephysiological functioning of the organism, and that thesesubstances are


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