Fasting plasma glucose levels and glycosuria were measured in untreated diabetic subjects on basal and on fat free, high carbohydrate diets. On the high carbohydrate diet the mean fasting plasma glucose was slightly, but not significantly, increased by 15 mg./100 ml. and the twenty-four hour excretion of glucose was increased by 56 gm./24 hr. (p < .02). Five of these subjects were restudied following insulin or oral sulfonylurea therapy, and four similar patients were studied only while on this therapy. In these treated diabetic subjects receiving the high carbohydrate diet, fasting plasma glucose was significantly decreased by 22 mg./100 ml. plasma (p < . 0 2); glycosuria did not change. Thus, among diabetics, only those who remain untreated have worsened glucose tolerance on fat free, high carbohydrate diets.
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February 01 1974
Effect of a Fat Free, High Carbohydrate Diet on Diabetic Subjects with Fasting Hyperglycemia
John D Brunzell, MD;
John D Brunzell, MD
Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, and the Veterans Administration Hospital
Seattle, Washington
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Roger L Lerner, MD;
Roger L Lerner, MD
Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, and the Veterans Administration Hospital
Seattle, Washington
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Daniel Porte, Jr, MD;
Daniel Porte, Jr, MD
Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, and the Veterans Administration Hospital
Seattle, Washington
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Edwin L Bierman, MD
Edwin L Bierman, MD
Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, and the Veterans Administration Hospital
Seattle, Washington
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John D Brunzell, Roger L Lerner, Daniel Porte, Edwin L Bierman; Effect of a Fat Free, High Carbohydrate Diet on Diabetic Subjects with Fasting Hyperglycemia. Diabetes 1 February 1974; 23 (2): 138–142. https://doi.org/10.2337/diab.23.2.138
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