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PREVIOUS studies have indicated that glucose reduces the lipaemic response to a fat meal in man. We repeated these studies with measurement of plasma insulin and free fatty acid concentrations, but were unable to confirm the earlier findings. Our findings may be relevant to the current interest shown in the hyper-lipaedaemic effect of high-carbohydrate diets.
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We are grateful to Dr. I. Laing of St. Mary’s Hospital, Manchester, and to Drs, D. Earle and R. Speake of I.C.I. Laboratories, Alderley Park, for the insulin assays, and to- Professor H. B. Stoner and1 the staff of the MRC Trauma Uni.t, Hope Hospital, for help with biochemical assays.
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Nicholls, D.P., Cohen, H. Effect of oral and intravenous glucose on alimentary lipaemia in normal man. I.J.M.S. 154, 348–353 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02937180
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