"Dietary protein requirement = 100 x Protein requirement in terms of egg protein/Net Protein Utilisation (NPU) of dietary protein relative to egg. Egg protein have essential amino acids consistent with human requirement,are highly digestible & defined as a reference protein".(1)
"Habitual diets in India based on cereals and pulses have NPU of 65 compared to egg (NPU 100). Animal protein derived from milk, egg, fish, meat can upgrade nutritive quality of cereals. Women lose 15 mg of iron per period". (2)
"Iron absorption from cereal based diets is quite low due to the presence of significant amounts of tannins and phytates. Iron absorption is 5% from rice based diets, 3% from mixed cereal based diets and 2% or less from wheat and millet based diets". (3)
"Only 50% of beta carotene from plant foods is absorbed. Fat provides essential fatty acids, increases energy density especially in children& improve palatability of diets. Adults require 40g of visible fat per day". (4)BS Narsinga Rao, 1989, Nutrition Foundation of India (NFI)
"Well nourished women (around 55 kg) gain 12.5 kg during pregnancy & deliver babies with average weight of 3.3 kg. Poor Indian women (around 40 – 42 kg) gain less than 7 kg & give birth to infants of 2.5 kg on average. (5)BS Narsinga Rao, 1989, Nutrition Foundation of India (NFI)
"Lactating women have breast milk output of 850 ml per day. Poor Indian women secrete only 600 ml/day". BS Narsinga Rao, 1989, Nutrition Foundation of India (NFI)
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