The metabolism of nitrogen, calcium and phosphorus in undernourished children. 7. The effect of partial or complete replacement of rice in poor vegetarian diets by pearl millet

Pearl millet is an important food grain consumed widely as a staple food by poor
people in different parts of India (Patwardhan, I ~ S Z ) b, ut no metabolic studies have
so far been reported with diets containing it. Further, in view of the acute shortage
of rice in the country, the use of pearl millet as a partial substitute needs to be studied.
This paper describes the results of investigations on the effect on the metabolism of
nitrogen, calcium and phosphorus of replacing rice in a poor vegetarian diet partially
or completely by pearl millet (Pennisetum typhoideum).