foods, therefore, especially of those from animal sources, may fall short of requirements. This deficit - the protein gap - may have to be filled mainly from plant sources for direct human consumption. It is the purpose of this report to examine the whole question of supply of all kinds of protein-containing foods available or obtainable for human consumption to provide against the development of a protein gap. II. THE IMPORTANCE OF PROTEINS AND THEIR CONSTITUENT AMINO ACIDS IN NUTRITION. 1. On the average about 18% of the human body is protein, which is therefore the most abundant component after water.
- Civil Defence Region
- Nationwide
- Collection ID
- CAB74
- Document Reference
- CAB 74/12/51
- Document Types
- Report Statistical Publication
- File Reference
- CAB 74/12
- Former Department Reference
- SFC(41) 33
- Identifier
- 10.1080/wtss.cab74.000012.051
- Keywords
- Agricultural Production Agriculture Alcohol Allotments Animal Feed Bacon Baking Barley Beans Bread Brewing Canning Carrots Cattle Cereals Cheese Children Civil Consumption Dairy Disease Eggs Factories Family Fish Flour Food Preparation Food Quality Food Shortages Food Supplies Freight Shipping Fruit Gardens Imports Industrial Workers Industry Infants Labour Supply Lend-lease Livestock Maize Malnutrition Maternity Meat Milk Milling Mothers Munitions Nutrition Nuts Oats Offal Onions Overseas Trade Parents Peas Pork Potatoes Publicity Pulses Rationing Refrigeration Rice Science Sheep Standard of Living Tomatoes Transportation United States Armed Forces Unrationed Foods Vegetables Wheat Yeast Youths
- Language
- English
- Locations Discussed
- Chile Gambia India Nigeria United States of America
- Organizations Discussed
- Scientific Committee on Food Policy Sub-Committee on Proteins
- Pages
- 26
- Published in
- United Kingdom
- Themes
- Rationing Supply Agriculture Food Supply Licensing Price Control
