Influence of Diet on Glucose Tolerance

Abstract

Observations are reported in which the curves obtained from the glucose tolerance test depend upon the nature of the diet on which the animals have been maintained. On a casein sucrose diet the glucose blood levels approach 200 mg % as compared to 120 mg % on a cereal ration. These observations are discussed in the light of the work of von Noorden and Himsworth. It is suggested that they may be explained either by the metabolic adjustment to the digestion of complex carbohydrates or to the presence of a hypoglycemic substance.