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Last Updated: May 5, 2009 - 12:58:27 PM |
SUNDAY DEC 2, 2007 (Foodconsumer.org) -- Use of sucrose and mixed sugars are more likely to lead to weight gain than use of honey, according to a new study published in the April 2007 issue of Food Science.
The study led by L.M. Chepulis from Waikato University in Hamilton, New Zealand showed rats that were on a diet with honey had significantly lower weight gain than rats on a diet with sucrose and mixed sugars.
In the study, Chepulis assigned 40 6-week old Sprague-Dawley rats a powdered diet either with no sugar, or 8 percent of mixed sugars as in honey, or 10 percent honey for 6 weeks.
The weight gain by rats on the honey diet is comparable to that by rats on the diet without sugars, according to the study.
Sugars in the diet increased levels of HbA1c and triglycerides compared to the diet without sugar. But no difference in percentage of body fat or protein levels was observed.
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