Metabolic Effects of Honey or Fructose:Glucose Mixtures

The metabolic effects of 7-day weight-maintenance diets containing 10% total energy as acacia honey or a fructose:glucose mixture will be assessed in a group of healthy male volunteers. Primary outcome is plasma total triglyceride concentrations after ingestion of standardized breakfast and lunch containing 25% energy as honey or fructose:glucose mixture; secondary outcome is glucose tolerance and suppression of endogenous glucose production after ingestion of 75 g glucose. Results obtained with 10% honey and 10% fructose: glucose mixture diets will be compared to results obtained with a weight-maintenance, isocaloric diet in which starch is substituted for honey or fructose:glucose mixture