Fig. 7.

As diagrammed in Fig. 1B, this is the effect of diet and radiation dose on (A) dietary intake (g per day per mouse), and (B) body weight as a function of time pre and postirradiation. Here, the mice were irradiated with 0 (control), 8.5 or 10 Gy at day 0 (see solid vertical line). The mice were housed one per cage and fed with either control (open symbols) or vitamin ACE enriched diet (closed symbols). Mean results are plotted, n = 6. Standards errors have been omitted for clarity. Mice were fed with the control diet from day −13 to day −4. Then, half of the mice were switched to the vitamin ACE-supplemented diet (dashed vertical line). Diet and radiation dose had modest effects on feeding rate and body weight.