The Committee on Amino Acids of the Food and Nutrition Board was initially established to consider the merit of amino acid fortification of food stuffs in the American diet. This study led to this report in which information about amino acid requirements, amino acid intakes of the US population, and effects of amino acid deficiencies was summarized and the nutritional merit of amino acid fortication, primarily lysine fortification, of cereal products was assessed.
200 pages, illustrated, tables
Publication Details
- Published: 1974
- Publisher: National Academy of Sciences
- ISBN-10: 0309022347
- Dewey Decimal: 616.399
- ECHO Library: 616.399 NAS