Carbonate Content of Bone in Relation to the Composition of Blood and Diet

The Nature of the Mineral Phase of Bone.

“…Apart from changing the acid-base balance, the most dramatic dietary effects are seen in very young rats (337,339) and with low salt rations (45,375). Under these circumstances, the active regulatory mechanisms do not have an adequate supply of the minerals required for maintaining homeostasis, and the blood composition may therefore vary markedly from normal.…”