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I. Serum Electrolytes in Hypertensive Patients Without Evidence of Advanced Renal Involvement

ERNST PESCHEL, M.D.; RUTH LOHMANN-PESCHEL, M.D.

AMA Arch Intern Med. 1952;89(2):234-239.

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A DRASTIC change of the mineral supply represents one of the main characteristics of the rice diet.¹ The sodium and chloride intake is extremely restricted, about 4.3 mEq. of sodium and 5.6 mEq. of chloride in 24 hours, the potassium intake is unchanged or moderately increased, between 75 and 100 mEq., varying according to the amount and kind of fruits and fruit juices consumed. There is no doubt that a major part of the beneficial results achieved by the rice diet is due to the change in mineral metabolism.

On the other hand, one of the objections to the rice diet is that this drastic change in the electrolyte supply might endanger the maintenance of the concentrations of the individual electrolytes, as well as of the total osmolar concentration, of the body fluids.

Irrespective of the possible benefits or dangers of the treatment, the patient who follows the regimen . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
DURHAM, N. C.

From the Department of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine.

Footnotes
This work was aided by grants from the Anna H. Hanes Memorial Fund and the National Heart Institute of the National Institutes of Health, Public Health, Public Health Service.

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