Ulma Doyle Register: Difference between revisions

{{short description|American biochemist and Seventh-day Adventist}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Ulma Doyle Register

| image = Ulma Doyle Register.png

|birth_date = 4 February 1920

|birth_place = [[West Monroe, Louisiana]]

|death_date = 17 July 1997

|death_place = [[Loma Linda, California]]

| occupation = Biochemist}}

'''Ulma Doyle Register''' (4 February 1920 – 17 July 1997) was an American [[biochemist]], nutritionist, [[Seventh-day Adventist Church|Seventh-day Adventist]] and [[vegetarianism]] activist known for his research on [[Vitamin B12]]. He was chairman of the Department of Nutrition at [[Loma Linda University School of Public Health, Department of Nutrition|Loma Linda University School of Public Health]].

Register was born in [[West Monroe, Louisiana]].<ref name="Adventist">[https://encyclopedia.adventist.org/assets/pdf/article-FI2M.pdf "Ulma Doyle Register (1920–1997)"]. encyclopedia.adventist.org. Retrieved 6 December 2022.</ref> He studied chemical engineering at [[Louisiana State University]] and obtained a B.S. degree from [[Madison Academy (Tennessee)|Madison College, Tennessee]] in 1942 and his M.S. degree from [[Vanderbilt University]] in 1944.<ref name="Johnston 1999">{{cite journal|author=Johnston, Patricia K|year=1999|title=Dedication: UD Register, 1920–1997|journal=The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition|url=https://academic.oup.com/ajcn/article/70/3/433s/4714901|volume=70|issue=3|pages=433|doi=10.1093/ajcn/70.3.433s|pmid=10479214 |doi-access=free}}</ref> He worked as a food chemist for Madison Foods, a company which manufactured meat alternatives. During his time at the company he became a vegetarian which he adopted for the rest of his life.<ref name="Adventist"/> He married Helen Hite in 1942. They had 3 daughters.<ref name="Adventist"/> His wife was a nutritionist at the San Bernardino County Department of Public Health.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1974/06/24/archives/seventhday-adventists-open-71st-annual-camp-nutritionists-lecture.html "Seventh‐Day Adventists Open 71st Annual Camp"]. nytimes.com. Retrieved 6 December 2022.</ref>

In 1950, Register obtained a Ph.D. in biochemistry from [[University of Wisconsin]] and established a Vitamin B12 laboratory at [[Tulane University]].<ref name="Adventist"/><ref name="Johnston 1999"/> In 1951, he joined Loma Linda College of Medical Evangelists Department of Biochemistry. In 1968, he became chair of the Department of Nutrition at the School of Public Health. His research demonstrated the nutritional adequacy of correctly formulated vegetarian diets, including [[essential amino acid]]s.<ref name="Adventist"/>

During 1944–1992 he authored 62 scientific papers on nutrition.<ref>{{cite journal|year=1997|title=Ulma Doyle Register|journal=Madison Survey and Alumni News|url=http://centerforadventistresearch.org/madison/wp-content/uploads/b16700661_s0079000319970900c.pdf|volume=78|issue=3|pages=15}}</ref> Register died from an accidental fall at his home in Loma Linda, California on 17 July 1997.<ref name="Adventist"/> The 1997 Third International Congress on Vegetarian Nutrition hosted by the Loma Linda University School of Public Health, Department of Nutrition recognized Register for his research on vegetarian diets. After his death, the School of Public Health established the U.D. Register Nutrition Research Fund.<ref name="Adventist"/>

==Vegetarianism==

In 1972, Register was invited to speak on vegetarian diets at the 55th annual meeting of the [[American Dietetic Association]] and at their request he co-authored an education manual for dietitians on vegetarian diets.<ref name="Johnston 1999"/> In 1974, he was invited by the Food and Nutrition Board of the [[National Research Council (United States)|National Research Council]] to write their statement on vegetarian diets.<ref name="Johnston 1999"/>

In 1981, Register co-authored ''The Vegetarian Diet: Food For Us All'' with Lydia Sonnenberg and [[Kathleen Zolber]], published by the American Dietetic Association.<ref name="Adventist"/> In 1987, he attended [[Loma Linda University]]’s First International Congress on Vegetarian Nutrition.<ref>{{cite journal|year=1988|title=First International Congress on Vegetarian Nutrition. Proceedings. Washington, DC, USA, March 16-18, 1987|journal=The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition|volume=48|issue=3|pages=707–927|doi=10.1093/ajcn/48.3.707|pmid=3414585|doi-access=free}}</ref> Register was one of seven reviewers for the 1988 position of the American Dietetic Association on vegetarian diets.<ref>{{cite journal|author=Havala, Suzanne; Dwyer, Johanna|year=1988|title=Position of the American Dietetic Association: vegetarian diets--technical support paper|journal=Journal of the American Dietetic Association|volume=88|issue=3|pages=352–355|doi=10.1016/S0002-8223(21)01980-5|pmid=3346498|s2cid=44567892}}</ref>

*[https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0002822321088337 ''The Vegetarian Diet: Scientific and Practical Considerations''] (1973)

*[https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/322060/ ''Safe Vegetarian Diets for Children''] (1977)

*''The Vegetarian Diet: Food For Us All'' (with Lydia Sonnenberg and Kathleen Zolber, 1981)

*[https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.1201/9781351072984-13/nutritionally-adequate-vegetarian-diets-register-hulda-crooks ''Nutritionally Adequate Vegetarian Diets''] (1983) In ''CRC Handbook of Nutritional Supplements''.

*[https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.3109/13590849409003591 ''Vitamin B12 Studies in Total Vegetarians (Vegans)''] (1994)

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