The effect of a maternal lacto-ovo-vegetarian diet on the infants plasma cholesterol concentration

<p>A comparison of plasma cholesterol concentrations was made between breast-fed infants having lacto-ovo-vegetarian mothers, breast-fed infants having non-vegetarian mothers and infants fed with commercially prepared formula. At one month of age , the breast-fed infants (n=20) with non-vegetarian mothers comprised the group with the greatest average plasma cholesterol concentration. As expected, the plasma cholesterol of the formula-fed group (n=9) was significantly less, (p</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Science (MS)

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Nutrition

Year

1981

Author dc:creator

• Ball, Laura Munson

Contributors dc:contributor

• James Blankenship
• Mary L. Gandy
• Ella Haddad
• U.D. Register
• Peter G. Strutz

• Nutrition
• Infant Nutrition; Vegetarianism; Cholesterol, Dietary

Statement dc:rights

• This title appears here courtesy of the author, who has granted Loma Linda University a limited, non-exclusive right to make this publication available to the public. The author retains all other copyrights.

Language dc:language

English

Repository record dc:identifier

https://scholarsrepository.llu.edu/etd/561

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:scholarsrepository.llu.edu:etd-1667