This study was undertaken to evaluate the influence of a carbohydrate restricted diet, a subacute ethanol intake, and their combined effect on the kinetics of toluene in humans. Eight healthy male volunteers were exposed by inhalation at four different occasions to 200 mg/m3 2H8-toluene for two hours at a work load of 50 W after a one week low (30%) carbohydrate (CH) diet or high (60%) CH diet ...

background: premenstrual syndrome (pms) is one of the most common disorders in women in reproductive age. the study aimed to assess the effect of carbohydrate-rich supplements and diets on premenstrual syndrome. methods: the study was conducted within two stages. first stage was descriptive cross sectional investigation to find out frequency and subjects diagnosed as pms according to the apa cr...

The concentration of carbon sources has a significant influence on the growth, carbohydrate uptake and metabolite distribution in Clostridium thermohydrosulfuricum. The growing concentrations of glucose or starch increase the production of ethanol and lactate, the intracellular fructose-1,6-diphosphate (FDP) and the specific activity of lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), but decrease the ethanol/lact...

Chronic low-grade inflammation represents a likely intermediary in the relation between carbohydrate nutrition and both type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. This study assessed the prospective association between carbohydrate quantity and quality [dietary glycemic index (GI), glycemic load (GL), and added sugar, fiber, and whole-grain intake] during puberty, a potentially critical period...

In 1674, Sir Thomas Willis attributed the polyuria of diabetes to thin blood and proposed the therapeutic use of dietary starch and salt as a means of thickening the blood, as one would thicken gravy. Since then, recommendations for the inclusion of carbohydrate in diabetic diets have been predicated on the understanding (and misunderstanding) of the pathophysiology of diabetes. Thus, dietary r...

Four rumen fistulated Holstein calves (BW 132.3 ± 1.61 kg) fed high concentrate diets (10 to 90, forage to concentrate ratio) were assigned to a 4 x 4 Latin square design to investigate the effects of nonstructural carbohydrate (barley or corn) and protein (soybean meal or sunflower meal) sources on ruminal fermentation and animal performance. The following 2 x 2 factorial arrangement of treatm...

BACKGROUND Insulin resistance (IR) and liver steatosis (LS) are interlinked metabolic derangements whose prevalence is rapidly increasing, but the effect of dietary carbohydrate quality on LS is unknown. OBJECTIVE The objective was to describe the relation of IR and LS to total carbohydrate, total dietary fiber, and the glycemic index (GI) and glycemic load of the diet. DESIGN The study was...