High-sugar diets

Diabetogenic effect. Chromatographic fraction of the fresh stem, administered intragastrically to rats at a dose of 1 g/kg, was active. The fraction inhibited the elevation of semm TG, lipid peroxides, and insulin of rats fed on a high-sugar diet for 61 days . 

The basic composition of the high-sugar diet was as follows (wt %) sugar 75%, casein 15%, com oil 5%, vitamin mixture 1% and mineral mixture 4%. 

Results are expressed as means SJB. of S-6 rats. Significantly different from high- sugar diet-treated group, P<0.05. 

It s clear that most of us consume high-fat, high-protein, high-sugar diets laden with food additives, added sodium, and trans or hydrogenated fats and consider our food choices completely normal. They may be common choices in our modem age of fast food, but they are not normal choices. The reality is... 

Saccharans A,B,C.D,E, and F Sacchantm officinarum L/Gramineae Aerial parts These products showed hypoglycemic and anti-atherosclerotic activity in mice and rats, respectively [105]. The accumulation of lipid peroxides induced by a high sugar diet was inhibited by combined feeding with a polysaccharide fraction of S. officinarum [106],... 

Gibson, R. B., 1929, Latent tolerance in diabetes mellitus. A study of the effect of high sugar diets with insulin on controlled diabetics, J. Lab. Clin. Med. 14 597. 

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