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KMID : 1012320030060030127
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Nutritional Sciences
2003 Volume.6 No. 3 p.127 ~ p.134
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Effects of a Raw Diet on Plasma Glucose and Lipid Levels in Streptozotocin-induced Diabetic Rats
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Kim Jeong-Seon
Park Jun-Young
Kim Sung-Goo
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Abstract
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This study investigates the effects of a raw diet (RD) on blood glucose and lipid metabolism in non-diabetic (normal) and streptozotocin (STZ)-induced diabetic rats. Male Sprague-Dawley vats were assigned to four groups (normal control, normal RD, diabetic control, and diabetic RD), for the four-week experimental period. The control groups were fed the AIN diet and the RD groups were fed a diet consisting only of raw materials. Weight gain was statistically lower in the RD group than the control. fasting plasma glucose was significantly lower in the diabetic RD group compared to the diabetic control group. The levels of triglycerides (TG), and of total cholesterol (TC) and LDL-cholesterol in the plasma, were lower in the RD groups than the control groups, but not significantly. There was a statistically significant decrease in the levels of TG and TC in the livers of the diabetic RD group, compared to the diabetic control group. The fecal levels of total lipids, TG, and TC were significantly higher in the RD groups, compared to the non-RD groups. It can be postulated that this raw diet may possess substantial hypoglycemic/hypolipidemic properties in diabetic rats.
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KEYWORD
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raw diet, plasma glucose, lipids, diabetes, rats
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