In renal insufficiency the low-protein diet should be considered of reduction and temporary type. After clinical improvement it is advisable to place the patients on diet with a higher protein content and in this way to avert any further fall in the concentration of essential amino acids in the plasma and thus keep down the progressive protein-caloric fasting. The disturbance of the protein metabolism is, however, provoked not only by the protein-caloric deprivation, but by the disease itself. In this way, the developing upsets distort the picture of the protein-calorie deficiency, which finds its expression in the appearance of the anemic syndrome, disturbed electrolytes metabolism, imbalance of the acid-base equilibrium, etc. Therefore, one should look for other ways for their compensation, not believing that this can be achieved through the dietotherapy alone.

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[Some aspects of pathogenesis and therapy of obesity].

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[Vitamin C and psychomotor reactivity].

The effect of vitamin C on the activity of the brain was studied. In groups of workers well provided for with vitamin C allowances a reduced number of industrial traumas was noted, which can be attributed to a greater concentration of attention and better reactivity. This could be achieved by administering daily doses of 100-150 mg of vitamin C. Workers engaged in night shifts were found to show improved psychotechnical test results with an ascorbinemia level of over 0.5 mg%. In a group of volunteers aged 16 to 18 years the results of psychomotor tests improved after a 14-day daily taking of 1000 mg of the vitamin C.

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