The Effect of a ‘Sucrose-Free’ Diet on Oral Glucose Tolerance in Man
(1) 19 members of an Antarctic expedition were fed on a diet in which sucrose was replaced by glucose and calcium cyclamate for 14 weeks. Oral glucose tolerance tests were carried out whilst on this diet and for a comparable period of time when on the normal base diet. (2) Changes in body weight wer...
| Published in: | Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism |
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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S. Karger AG
1972
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000175395 https://www.karger.com/Article/Pdf/175395 |
| Summary: | (1) 19 members of an Antarctic expedition were fed on a diet in which sucrose was replaced by glucose and calcium cyclamate for 14 weeks. Oral glucose tolerance tests were carried out whilst on this diet and for a comparable period of time when on the normal base diet. (2) Changes in body weight were small and not significant. (3) Although blood glucose levels were significantly lower 0.5 h after ingestion of the glucose load on the ‘sucrose-free’ diet towards the end of the diet period, compared with values obtained on the normal base diet, this change was reversed at 1 and 1.5 h after ingestion of the glucose load. (4) It is concluded that there is a small but significant change in glucose tolerance after nine weeks on a ‘sucrose-free’ diet. |
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