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Volume 17, Issue 6
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Report 3 Survey Conducted in 1957S. Suzuki, T. Tezuka, S. Oshima, T. Hayakawa, H. Suzuki, K. Yamakawa, ...1959 Volume 17 Issue 6 Pages 209-218
Published: 1959
Released on J-STAGE: October 29, 2010
JOURNAL FREE ACCESSThis report is concerned with the third-year survey on 110 farmers in Iwate Prefecture conducted twice in the summer and winter of 1957.
An administration test of the deficient nutrients during half a year was adopted in addition to the survey scheme previously conducted, in order to investigate the cause of hypertension from a different angle. The nutrients administered were vitamin A (3500 I. U. per day), B1 (1mg), C (50mg), corn oil (30g), and methylteststeron (15mg) for old male subjects.
The results obtained are summarized as follows:
1) Biometrically, the body structure was not of a typical heavy-muscular worker type, but was rather similar to that of a city type. No remarkable difference was observed morphologically between the hypertensive and normal groups, except in skinfold thickess which was distinctly thicker in the hypertensives.
2) Basal metabolism was slightly higher than Japanese standard value, but not so high as usually seen in muscular workers.
3) Serum portein and haemoglobin were within the normal range. The serum cholesterol lay at the upper limit of Japanese normal range, and serum chlor concentration was a little beyond the normal level.
4) Excretion of nitrogen, creatinine and 17-ketosteroid into urine per day were below the average value of Japanese. Only chlor excretion exceeded the usual range. Moreover, levels of all the excretes mentioned above and urine volume were lower in the hypertensives than in the normal pressure group.
5) Among all nutrients administeredd during half a year, corn oil was found most effective to depress blood pressure and serum cholesterol, except a medicament methylteststeron, which seemed to he more effective than corn oil. Other nutrients, e. g. vitamine A, B1, C, were certainly effective for each respective deficiency sign, but not so effective in case of hypertension.View full abstractDownload PDF (14365K) -
S. Suzuki, S. Nagamine, S. Kawada, T. Kuga, K. Yamakawa, S. Oshima1959 Volume 17 Issue 6 Pages 219-223
Published: 1959
Released on J-STAGE: October 29, 2010
JOURNAL FREE ACCESSFor the purpose to increase measurements of basal metabolism of the aged in number, one hundred aged persons over 60 years old were investigated in the summer of 1956. The following measurements were made: basal metabolism, bodystructure, vital capacity, blood pressure, whole blood specific gravity, serum cholesterol, and nitrogen and creatinin in urine.
Results obtained were as follows:
1) The basal metabolisms per square meter per hour of the aged were 33.7Cal. (60-69 yrs.), 32.1Cal. (70-79yrs.) for men, and 32.9Cal. (60-69yrs.), 31.2Cal. (70-79yrs.), 31.3Cal. (80-89yrs.) for women. These values show only a 3 per cent sexual difference, which is generally much larger in the younger.
2) This inclination of decrease in sexual difference was also observed in skinfold-thickness. In the younger, female skinfold-thickness is usually more than two times as compared with males, but such a sexual difference was found to decrease to a half in the aged.
3) Problems of hypertension and arteriosclerosis are of importance here in the aged. Blood pressures of more than 20% of the subjects exceeded 200mg Hg, but the concentration of serum cholesterol was 178mg/dl for males, and 197mg/dl for females, which were considered to be rather low levels for their age.View full abstractDownload PDF (6448K) -
Effect of Safflower Oil and ButterS. Oshima, S. Suzuki1959 Volume 17 Issue 6 Pages 225-226
Published: 1959
Released on J-STAGE: October 29, 2010
JOURNAL FREE ACCESSSix subjects were divided into two groups by their serum cholesterol levels, and the experimental period was 14 days long for the 1st period and 16 days or 19 for the second. In the 1st period the one group whose serum cholesterol is higher than the other took safflower oil, and the other group took butter fat. In the second period, the sort of lipids was changed for each other. The amounts of lipids ingested were decided to such a degree as one third of the total calorie was supplied with them. The serum cholesterol level of No 1 group dropped from 245 to 181mg/dl in the safflower oil period and rised to 321mg/dl in the butter period. In the No 2 group, the increase of serum cholesterol by butter was from 163 to 232mg/dl and the decrease by safflower oil was from 232 to 155mg/dl.View full abstractDownload PDF (2460K) -
Report 2, On the Utillization of Alcohol CalorieS. Nagamine, T. Kuga, K. Yamakawa, S. Suzuki, K. Suzuki1959 Volume 17 Issue 6 Pages 227-232
Published: 1959
Released on J-STAGE: October 29, 2010
JOURNAL FREE ACCESSFour healthy men who were heavy drinker were selected as subjects. The daily calorie intake was prescribed according to the regular daily work, and after the body weight had reached the constant level the carbohydrate of the basal diet was displaced in iso-caloric with the alcohol. The daily amount of alcohol administered was 221 grams in average and calories from this alcohol corresponted to about 30 percent of total calorie intake (see table 1 and 2). As a alcoholic beverage a Japanese wine “Sake” containing 12 percent of alcohol was used.
After a week of the administration of wine the body weight showed the decrease of 1.0kg in average. Therefore, 300 calories was supplemented with sugar to the basal diet calorie, and then the decrease of body weight was recovered after 2 or 3 days (see Fig. 1).
The difference of the digestibility of nutrients between control and alcohol periods was not seen (see table 4).
From the avove result, when the utillization of alcohol was calculated on the basis of the subject's energy consumption and intake as in table 3, the utillization of alcohol calorie was estimated about 65 percent.View full abstractDownload PDF (7600K) -
S. Suzuki, S. Nagamine, S. Oshima, K. Yamakawa, S. Kawada, T. Kuga1959 Volume 17 Issue 6 Pages 233-237
Published: 1959
Released on J-STAGE: October 29, 2010
JOURNAL FREE ACCESSTable 1 gives the basal metabolism values of five subjects (laboratory research workers) which were observed twice a month for a period of 4-6 years. Figure 1 illustrates the correlation between the total of the above average monthly values and the average external temperature of each month.
From the above table and figure we can say that BM levels show an inverse proportional relationship to the average external temperature.
This is further verified on investigating the quantitative relationship between the BM fluctuation percentage and the average external temperature; it is found from the readings of the interior scales (percentages on temperature scale are calculated on absolute temperature) on both axes that the two are in complete agreement.
This quantitative relationship between BM and external temperature is very interesting, though it is based on present Japanese daily life conditions and may be inapplicable to people of other rations.
From these data the seasonal BM variation of the Japanese race is quantitatively estimated as
1/273 for a variation of 1°C, that is slightly lowere than 4 percent for a variation of 10°C.
Furthermore, if there is significance in the rise and fall of seasonal variation BM curves, the slight rise observed in April and July may be explained by the light clothing during the seasonal change between spring and summer, while the change to heavy clothing may be the cause of the fall in December.View full abstractDownload PDF (5924K) -
T. Kuga, S. Kawada, S. Oshima, S. Suzuki, S. Shimokobe1959 Volume 17 Issue 6 Pages 239-245
Published: 1959
Released on J-STAGE: October 29, 2010
JOURNAL FREE ACCESSBasal metabolism of Physically handicapped persons 59 in number, including extremities amputations. infantile Paralysis, articular rigidities and progressive muscular atrophy, was measured.
BMR of the amputees of upper arms, unilateral leg, bilateral legs were +6.5%, +8.7%, +13.7% respectively. These values show that BMR of amputee is higher in proportion to the size of amputation.
BMR of the spinal infantile paralysis (+15.3%) was higher than that of cerebral infantile paralysis (+10.3%). BMR of the articular rigidities and osteomyelitis was +5.1%.
Only BMR of the progressive muscular atrophy (-16.0%) lies much below the Japanese standard value of basal metabolism.View full abstractDownload PDF (9830K) -
The Influence of Aureomycin in Diet on the Riboflavin Content in Feces and Coli Form BacteriaS. Innami1959 Volume 17 Issue 6 Pages 247-252
Published: 1959
Released on J-STAGE: October 29, 2010
JOURNAL FREE ACCESSAs a mean of study on the mechanism of intestinal synthesis of riboflavin in rat, aureomycin was added in basal ration at the rate of 4mg per 100g diet.
The basal diet consisted of, in per cent, defatted soy bean powder 15, corn flour 27, dextrin 44.5, mineral mixture 4, liver oil 3, soy bean oil 5.5, and vitamin mixture 1.
The albino rats were fed on the basal diet added with aureomycin for 4 weeks.
Riboflavin excreted in feces decreased in 5th-7th day after aureomycin supplementation, but it seemed to increased slowly in 26th-27th day after supplementatation. Intestinal microflora in cecum after 4 weeks feeding was investigated.
It was remarkable that coli form bacteria increased by antibiotics supplementation.
Moreover, riboflavin excreted in feces decreased in 4th day after antibiotics supplementation, but coli form bacteria count increased immediately after aureomycin supplementation.
The biological properties of coli form bacteria isolated from the feces of rats supplemented or not with aureomycin were tested.
From the results of these experiments, the question was yet remained about the role of coli form bacteria in the riboflavin synthesis in rats.View full abstractDownload PDF (7248K)
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