Difference between sucrose and glucose diets in their effects on the rate of body weight change in rats
Macdonald, I.; Grenby, T.H.; Fisher, M.A.; Williams, C.
Journal of Nutrition 111(9): 1543-1547
1981
ISSN/ISBN: 0022-3166 PMID: 7277034 Document Number: 171164
At a sub-optimal level of energy intake, male rats lost weight at a greater rate when fed a glucose diet than a sucrose diet. Both diets had the same gross energy value as determined by ballistic bomb calorimeter. During a later period of weight gain on a higher energy intake, no difference between the 2 high carbohydrate regimes was seen, although more carcass fat per unit of gross energy consumed was deposited on the sucrose diet than on the isoenergetic glucose diet.