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. 1973 May;230(3):643–658. doi: 10.1113/jphysiol.1973.sp010209

Effect of previous dietary history of calcium intake on the skeleton and calcium absorption in the rat

J R Kemm
PMCID: PMC1350620  PMID: 4577628

Abstract

1. Rats were fed either a high or a low calcium diet for 6 weeks. Thereafter all were given the low calcium diet, and the time during which differences persisted between the two groups in apparent absorption of calcium and urinary excretion of calcium has been studied. The apparent absorption of calcium is the same in the two groups after 15 days but the differences in urinary excretion of calcium persist longer.

2. Faecal endogenous calcium and true absorption of calcium have been measured by an isotope dilution technique. The fall in apparent absorption of calcium seen in rats fed a high calcium diet is in part due to a fall in true absorption. Faecal endogenous calcium is also increased in these animals.

3. The amount of calcium and phosphate in the bones is increased by feeding a high calcium diet and decreased by feeding a very low phosphate diet. Femur, humerus, caudal vertebrae and calvaria are equally affected by the different diets.

4. There are strong inverse correlations between absorption of calcium and the percentage of calcium in the bones. This suggests that absorption of calcium may be regulated by the degree of bone mineralization.

5. Rats were fed diets with different calcium phosphate ratios for 6 weeks. Thereafter all were given a low calcium diet with a calcium: phosphorous ratio of 1 and absorption and urinary excretion of calcium were studied. The effects of the different diets may be explained by their effect on calcium status and bone mineralization.

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