The effects of an intermittent and prolonged dietary restriction on biochemical variables and histological small intestinal patterns in 12-month-old male eSMT rats are examined. These spontaneously diabetic animals were separated in two groups after weaning: 10 rats fed ad libitum with standard rat chow and 10 rats fed a restricted diet by deprivation of the same food for 24 hours every 72. At ...

The association of copper with cardiovascular disease and a possible involvement of copper in the metabolism of cholesterol prompted the study on hypercholesterolemia mediated by copper deficiency. Copper deficient rats were found to exhibit a highly significant cholesterolemia (P less than 0.001), and plasma cholesterol showed a significant correlation with hepatic copper concentration (P less...

·imÛnek J . , BartoÀová H.: Effect of dietary chitin and chitosan on cholesterolemia of rats. Acta Vet. Brno 2005, 74: 491-499. Chitin – chitosan is being advertised as a food supplement that effectively lowers blood cholesterol concentration and controls obesity. The lard-fed rat was chosen because this model shares similarities with human hypercholesterolemia. The male rats were divided into ...

The dietary treatment of hypercholesterolemia has been reviewed elsewhere (72). Cholesterol-lowering diets involve the reduction of overall fat and cholesterol intake, and the substitution of polyunsaturated vegetable oils for saturated fats and complex carbohydrates for sugars (116). Many people have reduced their cholesterol levels dramatically by diet alone. However, when averaged across man...