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Article: Metabolic evidence for adaptation to a high protein diet in rats
- Article from:
- The Journal of Nutrition
- Article date:
- January 1, 2001
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CopyrightCopyright American Institute of Nutrition Jan 2001. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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ABSTRACT This study was designed to assess the effects of long-term adaptation to a high protein diet on energy intake, body weight gain, body composition and splanchnic metabolic indicators in rats. For this purpose, adult male Wistar rats were fed either a 50 g/100 g dry matter (DM) protein diet (P50 group) or a 14 g/100 g DM protein diet (P14 group) for 21 d. These two groups were compared with a P14 pair-fed (P14-pf) group that consumed the same daily energy as the P50 group. The energy intake of the P50 group was 16 +/- 1 % less than that of the P14 group (P < 0.05), and the P50 group had significantly lower body weight. The P50 group had significantly less adipose tissue compared ...