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American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Vol 50, 746-758, Copyright © 1989 by The American Society for Clinical Nutrition, Inc

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Comparison of daily diets containing 400 kcal (1.67 MJ) of either protein or glucose, and their effects on the response to subsequent total fasting in obese subjects

R Gougeon-Reyburn, LA Leiter, JF Yale and EB Marliss
McGill Nutrition and Food Science Centre, Royal Victoria Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Eleven obese subjects (body mass index, 41.3 kg/m2) were examined to determine their metabolic and acid-base responses during two hypoenergetic diets, and the diets' influence on subsequent responses to prolonged total fasting. Subjects were first treated for 2 wk with 400-kcal/d (1.67-MJ/d) diets of either protein (13.2 g nitrogen, 23 mmol potassium) or glucose with 16 mmol potassium chloride and a multivitamin supplement. Mild acidosis developed during the protein diet as well as greater excretions of urinary ammonium and urea N, a greater degree of ketosis, and significantly better N balance (-42.7 vs -80.4 g, p less than 0.05) than during the glucose diet. The subsequent fast was associated with greater negative N balance after protein (-129 vs 83 g), mainly as urea N, but despite similar ketosis there was a greater acidosis after glucose and greater ammonium N excretion and cumulative K losses. These data support the concept of a labile N pool, depleted during a glucose diet and resulting in a decreased loss with the subsequent fast. We suggest a role for K depletion in augmenting fasting ammonium excretion.


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