MEAT DIET IN SPRUE

Red meat in the diet

Much of the evidence presented in this paper is based on epidemiological studies investigating associations between meat intake and health/disease outcomes. Not all studies define what is meant by meat and, where definitions are offered, they are not always the same, which can make comparisons between studies difficult. Some studies include poultry under the definition of meat, while others exc...

Whale meat in the Japanese diet.

The relation of meat-eating to the incidence and severity of sprue and the relation of sprue to diarrhoea in the United Kingdom.

SPRUE IS one of the most important diseases in the world. It probably disables thousands of adults each year, and it also occurs in children. With the recession of malaria, bowel diseases bulk bigger in tropical health. If money is available to pay for them, there are effective treatments for bacillary dysentery, amoebic dysentery, cholera, typhoid, and intestinal tuberculosis. Worm infestation...

Dysgammaglobulinaemia in tropical sprue.

Study of immunoglobulin levels in 16 Indian control subjects showed that, compared with a Danish control series, they had a significantly higher mean level of IgG, but not of IgA or IgM. By contrast, the IgG levels in eight patients with tropical sprue were decreased or low normal in six cases and raised in only one case. Two patients with tropical sprue had agamma-A-globulinaemia.Turnover stud...

Emetine Injections in Sprue