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EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NUTRITION
Volume 66, Issue 2, Pages 201-208Publisher
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/ejcn.2011.159
Keywords
fructose; fat oxidation; carbohydrate oxidation; energy expenditure; metabolic rate; humans
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- NIH [R01HL-075675, HL-091333, AT-002599, AT-002993, AT-003545]
- UC Davis Clinical and Translational Science Center [UL1 RR024146]
- American Diabetes Association
- USDA-ARS CRIS [5306-51530-019-00D]
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Background/Objectives: The results of short-term studies in humans suggest that, compared with glucose, acute consumption of fructose leads to increased postprandial energy expenditure and carbohydrate oxidation and decreased postprandial fat oxidation. The objective of this study was to determine the potential effects of increased fructose consumption compared with isocaloric glucose consumption on substrate utilization and energy expenditure following sustained consumption and under energy-balanced conditions. Subjects/Methods: part of a parallel arm study, overweight/obese male and female subjects, 40-72 years, consumed glucose- or fructose-sweetened beverages providing 25% of energy requirements for 10 weeks. Energy expenditure and substrate utilization were assessed using indirect calorimetry at baseline and during the 10th week of intervention. Results: Consumption of fructose, but not glucose, led to significant decreases of net postprandial fat oxidation and significant increases of net postprandial carbohydrate oxidation (P<0.0001 for both). Resting energy expenditure (REE) decreased significantly from baseline values in subjects consuming fructose (P=0.031) but not in those consuming glucose. Conclusions: Increased consumption of fructose for 10 weeks leads to marked changes of postprandial substrate utilization including a significant reduction of net fat oxidation. In addition, we report that REE is reduced compared with baseline values in subjects consuming fructose-sweetened beverages for 10 weeks. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition (2012) 66, 201-208; doi:10.1038/ejcn.2011.159; published online 28 September 2011
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