Intestinal Stasis in Low Mineral Diets

Abstract

Young rats fed a diet low in minerals, but adequate otherwise, show a great delay in the excretion of 6 mg. of carmine. In other words, they have a marked intestinal stasis. Control animals fed the same diet plus the minerals do not show this stasis. Additional vitamin B complex does not relieve the stasis of the mineral deficient animals. The simultaneous addition of CaCO₃ and K₂CO₃ to the mineral poor ration seems to relieve the stasis.