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absorption ofnutrients from thealimentary canal
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Although not as effective at lowering LDL cholesterol (LDL-C), VLCDs consistently improve postabsorptive and postprandial triacylglycerols (TAGs), HDL cholesterol (HDL-C), and the distribution of LDL-C subfractions to a greater extent than low-fat diets.
New low-carb study | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D. 2005
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VLCDs consistently improve postabsorptive and postprandial TAG, HDL-C, and the distribution of LDL-C subclasses i.e., the dyslipidemia of metabolic syndrome.
New low-carb study | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D. 2005
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In addition, postabsorptive carbohydrate oxidation decreased progressively over the 7-d duration, and this decline was greater than the decline in glucose uptake.
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The 2% carbohydrate, 15% protein, and 83% fat weightmaintenance diet also resulted in lower absorptive and postabsorptive plasma insulin concentrations than did the 0% fat and
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This means that the rate of nonoxidative glucose disposal (ie, carbohydrate storage) increased in the postabsorptive state with the5%carbohydrate diet.
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The claim that the liver is the only source of glucose in a normal postabsorptive state (namely, not after a period of prolonged fasting or in acidotic conditions) has been falsified.
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The claim that the liver is the only source of glucose in a normal postabsorptive state (namely, not after a period of prolonged fasting or in acidotic conditions) has been falsified.
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In addition to being an important source of glucose following prolonged fasting and in conditions of acidosis, studies have demonstrated that kidneys also release a significant amount of glucose in a normal postabsorptive state.
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Go figure… how can a lipid profile improve but one of the main players doesn’t… Amazingly, the naysayers do recognize that carbohydrate restriction consistently improves postabsorptive and postprandial triacylglycerols (TAGs), HDL cholesterol (HDL-C), and the distribution of LDL-C subfractions to a greater extent than low-fat diets.
Carbohydrates or weight loss or both? | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D. 2006
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(33 kcal/kg) diet, 24-h nitrogen excretion was higher, without a change in postabsorptive hepatic or whole-body protein metabolism, than it was with the 2 comparison diets composed of 0% fat and 41% fat (15).
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