Rats on both high protein diets had better nitrogen balance than those on the standard diet.
Not exact matches
One such experiment found that
rats fed capsaicin
on high -
protein diets maintained their growth rates, but that capsaicin added to low -
protein diets actually decreased growth rates, possibly due to a reduction in fat absorption.
One idea is that
rats on a spartan
diet keep their
proteins turning over at
higher rates than normal, says Brian Merry, who is studying ageing and
diet at the Institute of Human Ageing in the University of Liverpool.
Nitrosamines, which are potent carcinogens, are often found in soy
protein foods, and are greatly increased during the
high temperature drying process.20 Not surprisingly, animal feeding studies show a lower weight gain for
rats on soy formula than those
on whole milk,
high - lactose formula.21 Similar results have been observed in children
on macrobiotic
diets which include the use of soy milk and large amounts of whole grains.
Bielohuby M., Menhofer D., Kirchner H., Stoehr B.J.M., Müller T.D., Stock P., Hempel M., Stemmer K., Pfluger P.T., Kienzle E., Christ B., Tschöp M.H., Bidlingmaier M. (2011) Induction of ketosis in
rats fed low - carbohydrate,
high - fat
diets depends
on the relative abundance of dietary fat and
protein.
Researchers placed
rats on one of two
diets: a
high -
protein (45 % of calories), moderate carb (30 % of calories)
diet or a normal
protein (20 % of calories), normal carb (56 % of calories)
diet.
Researchers found that
rats given a
high protein diet supplemented with arginine and proline had better nitrogen balance than those
on a standard
diet plus showed more new blood vessel growth — which is an essential part of wound healing.
Rats exposed to aflatoxin while on a 5 % protein diet were far more likely to develop neoplasms than rats exposed to aflatoxin on a higher protein d
Rats exposed to aflatoxin while
on a 5 %
protein diet were far more likely to develop neoplasms than
rats exposed to aflatoxin on a higher protein d
rats exposed to aflatoxin
on a
higher protein diet.
What we're interested in is the sentence near the bottom, which the film's producers apparently didn't notice: «In all, 30
rats on the
high -
protein diet and 12
on the low -
protein diet survived for more than a year.»
Even the research from India that jump - started Campbell's interest in the
diet - cancer link showed that
rats on a low - casein
diet were dying with disturbing frequency, while the
high -
protein rats — tumored as they may have been — were at least staying alive.13 (It's surprising, then, that The China Study promotes a plant - based
diet to prevent cancer, when death is equally effective and requires fewer shopping trips.)