Dietary Fructose but Not Starch is Responsible for Hyperlipidemia Associated with Copper Deficiency in Rats: Effect of High-Fat Diet

Abstract

Hyperlipidemia of copper deficiency in rats is dependent on synergistic effects between dietary fructose and copper deficiency and fructose and amount of dietary fat. Hyperlipidemia does not develop if starch is the main source of dietary carbohydrate in a copper-deficient diet even if a high-fat diet is fed.