1 Research Article Effects of Increased Protein Intake as a Variant of Rural Diet in Human Volunteers of Rural Bengal Sutapa Mukherjee 1 , Baishakhi Dey 1 , Subhayan Das 1 , Goutam Thakur 1 , Chandan Chakraborty 1 , Analava Mitra 1* . 1 School of Medical Science and Technology, IIT Kharaghpur, 721302, India Email: sutapakgpiit@gmail.com ; baishakhidey123@gmail.com ; subhayan81@gmail.com; goutam.thakur@gmail.com ; chandanc@smst.iitkgp.ernet.in ; analavamitra@gmail.com Received date: 17 September 2013, Accepted date: 26 November 2013 Academic Editor: Kaushik S. Bose *Corresponding author: E mail: analavamitra@gmail.com Telephone: +91-9475258298 Fax: +91-32-22279970