caa a22 4500 386322880 CHVBK 20180307111633.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161130e198811 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1079/BJN19880118 doi S0007114588001205 pii (NATIONALLICENCE)cambridge-10.1079/BJN19880118 Long-term evaluation of the adequacy of habitual diets to provide protein needs of adult Nigerian men [Elektronische Daten] 1. A continuous 40 d metabolic nitrogen balance study was conducted on twelve young men aged 25 (sd 2.6) years to evaluate the adequacy of a previously determined safe level of protein intake. 2. Subjects were fed on diets which they were habitually accustomed to and which provided a protein level of 0.75 g protein (N × 6.25)/kg body-weight per d as the safe level and an energy intake level of 0.2 MJ/kg body-weight per d. N balances, including an estimate for integumental losses as well as certain biochemical variables, were determined for the last 5 d of two consecutive 20 d diet periods. 3. Only two of the twelve subjects were observed to be in negative N balance during the final 5 d of the 40 d period. N balance was generally positive at 8.24 (sd 8.61) mg N/kg body-weight, thus confirming the adequacy of 0.75 g protein/kg body-weight per d as a safe level of protein intake in the majority of the subjects. Copyright © The Nutrition Society 1988 Atinmo T. Department of Human Nutrition, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria Egun G. Department of Human Nutrition, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria Mbofung C. M. F. Department of Human Nutrition, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria British Journal of Nutrition Cambridge University Press 60/3(1988-11), 459-466 0007-1145 60:3<459 1988 60 BJN https://doi.org/10.1079/BJN19880118 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1079/BJN19880118 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Atinmo T. Department of Human Nutrition, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Egun G. Department of Human Nutrition, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Mbofung C. M. F. Department of Human Nutrition, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- British Journal of Nutrition Cambridge University Press 60/3(1988-11), 459-466 0007-1145 60:3<459 1988 60 BJN CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-cambridge