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IV. A Brief History of the Development of Nutrition

The pre-investigative days Failure to act on evidence:     Early scientific studies of nutrition Early scientific studies of nutrition: Lavoisier Early scientific studies of nutrition: The 19th Century Early scientific studies of nutrition: The discovery of vitamins     The 20th Century Quantitative requirements     Conclusion Conclusion: The oat bran story Conclusion: The vitamin E story Conclusion: Maximum reliability     Previous Page Next Page

Early scientific studies of nutrition: Lavoisier

Antoine Lavoisier (1743-94) showed that O2 consumption increased during work, exposure to cold and during digestion (specific dynamic effect), and was lower during fasting (basal metabolism). He was the father of calorimetry.

I think he deserved better than to have been cut short by the French Revolution.

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