Maternal Moderate Physical Training during Pregnancy Attenuates the Effects of a Low-Protein Diet on the Impaired Secretion of Insulin in Rats: Potential Role for Compensation of Insulin Resistance and Preventing Gestational Diabetes Mellitus

Table 1

Composition of the diets (control 17% and low protein 8%).

Ingredients	Amount for 1 Kg of diet
	Low protein	Control
Casein	79.3 g	179.3 g
Vitamin mix^*	10 g	10 g
Mineral mixture^#	35 g	35 g
Cellulose	50 g	50 g
Bitartarato of choline	2.5 g	2.5 g
DL-methionine	3.0 g	3.0 g
Soya oil	70 mL	70 mL
Corn starch	750.2 g	650.2 g

^#Mineral mixture contained the following (mg/kg of diet): CaHPO₄, 17200; KCI, 4000; NaCl, 4000; MgO, 420; MgSO₄, 2000; Fe₂O₂, 120; FeSO₄·7H₂O, 200; trace elements, 400 (MnSO₄·H₂O, 98; CuSO₄·5H₂O, 20; ZnSO₄·7H₂O, 80; CoSO₄·7H₂O, 0.16; KI, 0.32; sufficient starch to bring to 40 g [per kg of diet]). ^*Vitamin mixture contained the following (mg/kg of diet): retinol, 12; cholecalciferol, 0.125; thiamine, 40; riboflavin, 30; pantothenic acid, 140; pyridoxine, 20; inositol, 300; cyanocobalamin, 0.1; menadione, 80; nicotinic acid, 200; choline, 2720; folic acid, 10; p-aminobenzoic acid, 100; biotin, 0.6.