Effects of dietary protein and carbohydrate level on cholesterolemia and atherogenesis in cockerels on a high-fat, high-cholesterol mash.

From the Cardiovascular Department, Medical Research Institute, Michael Reese Hospital, Chicago, HI. This department is supported by the Michaol Reese Research Foundation. Supported by grant no. H-2276 from too National Heart Institute and a grant from the Chicago Heart Association. Reported initially before the Midwest Section of the American Federation for Clinical Research, October 31, 1957. Work done during Dr. Stamler's tenure of an Established Investigatorship of the American Heart Association. Received for publication February 26, 1958. * All groups received 5 per cent cottonseed oil + 1 per cent cholesterol (1 C—O); groups 4 and 5 received proportional vitamin and salt supplements to replace these nutrients missing from the ration because of incorporation of pure soy protein at the expense of mash. 11 C-O control contains approximately 20 per cent protein by weight. J All values are grams per 100 Gm. of mash.