Proteins Not Essential
(Special Crspdt. N.Z P.A.) LONDON. August 14. The widely-held belief that proteins are essential in the diet ot heavy manual workers and athletes was shattered by am American profes9;ir addressing the Inte-na-tocnal Congress of Nutrition in Professor J Mayer, of Boston, saiid. “If you like proleins you can eat as much as you want, but there is no necessity tor it." Experiments had d : sp-oved a cherished belief that athletes should not eat before a contest and that they should not drink waiter, he said
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Press, Volume CII, Issue 30210, 15 August 1963, Page 11
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