Abstract
Ten Malawian children, ages 3 to 5 years, at risk for zinc deficiency and receiving a habitual maize-based high-phytate diet, received maize after phytate reduction for 40 days and had their endogenous fecal zinc (EFZ) measured using stable isotope techniques before and after phytate reduction. The phytate:Zn of the diet before reduction was 23.0 and afterward was 7.6. EFZ was similar before and after dietary phytate reduction, 1.15 ± 0.33 and 1.17 ± 0.16 mg/day, respectively. EFZ was not affected by dietary phytate in this population.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 678-679 |
| Number of pages | 2 |
| Journal | Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition |
| Volume | 51 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Nov 1 2010 |
Keywords
- endogenous fecal zinc
- zinc homeostasis
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Kennedy, G., Hambidge, K. M., & Manary, M. (2010). A reduced phytate diet does not reduce endogenous fecal zinc in children on a habitual high-phytate diet. Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition, 51(5), 678-679. https://doi.org/10.1097/MPG.0b013e3181e536f7