Disease incidences influenced by diet

ABSTRACT

A statistically significant number of rats were placed on different lifelong dietary regimens as follows stock diet, diet A (high protein, high carbohydrate), diet B (high protein low carbohydrate), diet C (low protein, high carbohydrate), diet D (low protein, low carbohydrate). All rats were males, of the same stock and born on the same day. There was a significant difference in life span and in the incidence of various diseases. Thus increasing increments of carbohydrate in the diet led to a shorter life span. Kidney disease was associated with an increased carbohydrate allowance. Increases in body weight correlated well with an increased incidence of tumors (AU)