Bedouin osteomalacia due to calcium deprivation caused by high phytic acid content of unleavened bread

Am J Clin Nutr. 1973 Sep;26(9):910-1. doi: 10.1093/ajcn/26.9.910.
No abstract available

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Bread / adverse effects*
  • Bread / analysis
  • Calcium*
  • Calcium, Dietary
  • Deficiency Diseases / complications
  • Deficiency Diseases / etiology
  • Ethnicity
  • Feeding Behavior
  • Flour / analysis
  • Humans
  • Inositol / adverse effects*
  • Inositol / analysis
  • Israel
  • Male
  • Nutritional Physiological Phenomena
  • Osteomalacia / etiology*
  • Triticum / analysis
  • Vitamin D / blood
  • Vitamin D / metabolism

Substances

  • Calcium, Dietary
  • Vitamin D
  • Inositol
  • Calcium