The Effects of Various Vitamin Supplements and of Whole Yeast on the Digestion and Absorption of the Carbohydrate of a Complete Diet

Carbohydrate Metabolism

“…Addition of thiamin, riboflavin, nicotinic acid and pyridoxin has no effect on the activity of the gastrointestinal tract of dogs already on an adequate diet, but dried yeast or its 50 per cent alcohol extract increases the rate of dige stion and absorption by 20 per cent. This effect, at least partly, i s ascribed to pantothe nic acid (16).…”