He performed extensive research work in #nutrition and #growth. He was the first in the U.S. to e…
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He performed extensive research work in #nutrition and #growth. He was the first in the U.S. to establish a colony of white rats as laboratory animals to be the subject of his nutrition experiments.
In the 1910's, he recognized that a healthy diet required certain #fats, and he named the essential component "fat-soluble A," as distinct from another he named "water-soluble B." Although at first he thought each was a single compound, he later showed that they were in fact complexes.
He researched how certain minerals were important as #nutrients, including #calcium, #phosphorus, #fluorine, #manganese and #zinc.
