Julia Altshuler > wrote:

>Steve Pope wrote:

>> Does one of you have a reference for the "one week" figure cited
>> above?

>Good question. I'm the one who should have the reference, and the best
>I can do is say that I think I remember hearing something about it when
>the updated and revised edition of Diet for A Small Planet came out,
>10-15 years ago. I have the original on my bookshelf and would have to
>go to the library for anniversary edition I'm thinking of.

Thanks. Maybe the next time I have the anniversary edition in
front of me I will try to look this up. (Like you, I've checked
it out of the library at times but only have the original edition
in my book collection.)

It should be relatively easy to determine if a particular
protein-complementary diet is resulting in proper protein
syntheis (say, by measuring blood albumin levels) so I doubt that
the answer to this question is unknown to science.

Steve