Texas State Journal of Medicine, Volume 51, Number 7, July 1955 Page: 4

                                
TEXAS STATE JOURNAL OF MEDICINE ADVERTISER

eat...
and the Problem of
Senile Osteoporosis
Perhaps under the still-persisting influence of the mistaken "health
legends" of former days, many older people tend to eat less meat and
other nutritionally valuable protein foods than they should; thus, the
osteoporosis that occurs naturally in the aging body may be unduly
augmented.1
A balanced diet supplying optimal amounts of protein is essential,
and appears to be useful in preventing and in slowing the progress of
osteoporosis in senile persons. Adequate protein intake is instrumental in
supporting osteoblastic activity so necessary for production of osseous
matrix. "When osteoporosis is present, the prime objective is an adequate,
high protein diet (a gram or more [of protein] per kilogram of body
weight), to aid in building bony matrix for osteoblastic activity."'
Meat constitutes one of the most important sources of protein in the
nutrition of the aged. Meat offers biologically effective protein-effective
in the maintenance as well as the reconstruction of wasted or damaged
tissue. Its natural content of B vitamins and of essential minerals not
only helps to supply the daily needs for these nutrients, but is necessary
for the proper utilization of amino acids.2
The appealing taste of meat, its appetite-stimulating quality, and its
almost complete digestibility also are important in geriatric nutrition.
1. Rechtman, A. M., and Yarrow, M. W.: Osteoporosis, Am. Pract. & Digest Treat.
5:691 (Sept.) 1954.
2. Cannon, P. R.; Frazier, L. E., and Hughes, R. H.: Factors Influencing Amino
Acid Utilization in Tissue Protein Synthesis, in Symposium on Protein Metabo-
lism, New York, The National Vitamin Foundation, Inc., 1954, pp. 55-90.
The nutritional statements made in this advertise-
ment have been reviewed and found consistent with
current medical opinion by the Council on Foods
and Nutrition of the American Medical Association.
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