Title

Nutritional Evaluation of a Precooked Dehydrated Diet for Possible Use in Aerospace Systems

Date

1966

Index Abstract

Not Available

Photo Quality

Not Needed

Report Number

AMRL TR 65-98

Creator

Smith, K. J.

Speckmann, E. W.

Lachance, Paul A.

Dunco, Dorothea W.

Corporate Author

Miami Valley Hospital Research Department

Laboratory

Aerospace Medical Research Laboratories

Extent

5

Identifier

AD0674127

Access Rights

Distribution of this document is unlimited. Release to the Clearinghouse is not authrozied.

Distribution Classification

2

DoD Project

7164

DTIC Record Exists

No

Distribution Change Authority Correspondence

None

Distribution Conflict

No

Abstract

The use of precooked dehydrated and bite-sized compressed foods has been proposed for the nutritional support of man during prolonged aerospace missions. The effects of feeding a diet composed completely of these foods were studied in three 42-day experiments utilizing a total of 12 subjects maintained in a controlled environment. The experimental diet was equal in organoleptic acceptability to a diet composed of fresh, canned, and heat-processed foods. The diet form had no effect on subject body weight, nutrient balance, or food digestibility. Subjects did not notice increased gas production or encounter gastrointestinal distress.

Report Availability

Not available via Contrails

Date Issued

1966-10

Provenance

RAF Centre of Aviation Medicine

Type

report

Rights

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