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Journal of Nutrition Vol. 77 No. 3 July 1962, pp. 229-236
Copyright © 1962 by American Society for Nutrition
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Effect of Diet and Time of Feeding on Gastrointestinal Gas Production in Rats1

P. A. Hedin2 and R. A. Adachi3

Quartermaster Food and Container Institute for the Armed Forces, Quartermaster Research and Engineering Command, U. S. Army, Chicago, Illinois

The effects of casein and a dehydrated red bean diet on composition and total gas production in the stomach and intestine of adult male rats have been determined. The casein diet produced relatively small quantities of intestinal gases. With the red bean diet, increased hydrogen and carbon dioxide production were observed and the total amount of intestinal gas was also increased. From the second through the eleventh day, there was a gradual decrease in the hydrogen production, whereas the percentage of carbon dioxide rose to 90 and the total production remained constant. The daily peak production of intestinal gases occurred approximately 4 hours after feeding.

1 This paper reports research undertaken at the Quartermaster Food and Container Institute for the Armed Forces, QM Research and Engineering Command, U.S. Army, and has been assigned no. 2181 in the series of papers approved for publication. The views or conclusions contained in this report are those of the authors. They are not to be construed as necessarily reflecting the views or indorsement of the Department of Defense.

2 Present address: Boll Weevil Research Laboratory, Entomology Research Division, U.S.D.A., Box 1518, State College, Mississippi.

3 Present address: Stanford Research Institute, Menlo Park, California.

Manuscript received 7 February 1962.




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