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Krehl observed that adding ascorbic acid to a high-protein diet [i.e., one highest in tryptophan] caused a rapid weight gain in female control animals.

The Relation of Diet Composition and Vitamin C to Vitamin A Deficiency: One Figure

Yale Nutrition Laboratory, Department of Physiological Chemistry,

Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut

Mayer Jean*, Krehl W.A.

* Rockefeller Fellow

https://sci-hub.ru/https://doi.org/10.1093/jn/35.5.523