Succeeding to the previous reports, a comparative study on Ca balance during pregnancy and non-pregnancy was performed with albino rats, and Ca contents of the hard tissues of the mother rats immediately after their deliveries were investigated. The amounts of Ca contents of the control, high-and low-Ca group diet were 204, 961 and 29mg% respectively.
(1) Ca balances of the three groups were all positive during the pregnancy and the non-pregnancy, and therefore it seemed that the high-and low-Ca group showed good adaptation.
(2) The ratios of the amount of ash in defatted dried bones of three groups were more than fifty per cent, and were in normal range.
(3) Although Ca balances of low Ca group were positive, but from the results of the previous reports, it does not seems always to show the best physical condition.
(4) During the pregnancy, it is necessary to take a considerable amount of Ca, as much amount as which makes excretion in urine more than during non-pregnancy. And it is necessary to contain Ca 200mg% in the diet.

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In continuance with the previous reports (1-4), the effect of excess glycine on rat liver DNA, RNA was examined.
For the determinaton of Desoxyribonucleic acid, Ribonucleic acid in animal tissues, the method by Schmidt et al. was used.
From the results obtained, no significant change was recognized on DNA cotnent of liver among 4 groups. But, on glycine excess animals, RNA was much lower than that of control.

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The anthers practiced organoleptic test on powdered skim milk beverage with fermented rice bran by Kremer's ranking method. The panel were 5 home economic students, who ranked highest the sample kept at 37°C during 4 hours with fermented rice bran (0.3%).
Increased amounts of amino acids made from milk protein was observed.

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Our survey was performed on 91 persons among the attendants of the Circulatory Disease Lecture for N city office personnels with hypertension, more than 40 years of age, of two groups, “Under Care” and “Under Observation” of the city office health control system. In order to know their understanding of the dietary cure of hypertension and their tendency of taste, we enqueted the following four items, i. e. (1) Are they taking balanced diet? (2) Are they keeping the rule of diminution of main food? (3) Are they abstaining fatty food? (4) Are they observing the limitation of salt? Our results were as follows;
(1) As for the understanding of hypertension diet, more than half of them, i. e. 52% were taking unbalanced food, 24% did not diminish main food. 37% did not abstain fatty food and even 43% did not limit taking of salt. (2) As reasons of their not abiding by these four principles, we found the following ones most powerful; “I do not feel my body impaired by them”, “I am too hungry”, “I like them”, “I take my food in restaurant”, “My family like them”, “I can not keep dietary rule”. From this result, we are able to conclude that their dietary habits before the sickness still continue. (3) Their likings of food. Many of them like “Misoshiru (Soy bean paste soup)” and “Sashimi (Sliced raw fish)”. As for proteinous food, we found their inclination to simple taste, such as Sashimi, milk, egg and Tofu (Bean-Curdo).
As for milk as a good complemently diet, men like it but not women. The salty Tsukudani (Food boiled down in soy) is not liked by men and women both.

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The authers studied acceptance of two types of rice gruel diet. One was 1, 000-1, 200 Cal diet, the other 1300-1400 Cal diet. Owing to plate waste actual consumption ware 860 Cal and 1250 Cal respectively.
The subjects were 185 patients, including internal disease patients (23%), post operative patients (61%), and patients suffering dysphagie or dysmastication (16%).
Both diets were effective to recover health. Nausea or vomiting were observed among patients: 12-25% of internal disease patients, and 17% of dysphagie or dismastication patients.

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