Impact of Fish Oil Supplementation and Interruption of Fructose Ingestion on Glucose and Lipid Homeostasis of Rats Drinking Different Concentrations of Fructose

Figure 4

Fish oil supplementation did not improve the circulating triacylglycerol levels in rats drinking fructose. The average blood glucose (a, d), plasma triacylglycerol (b, e), and AUC (c, f) in rats drinking water enriched with 10% fructose (w/v) (a–c) and 30% fructose (w/v) (d–f). Fructose ingestion lasted 9 consecutive weeks, and fish oil supplementation (1 g/Kg, b.m.) was introduced 30 days after the initiation of fructose ingestion and remained until the end of the ninth week. Results are expressed as mean ± SEM. Asterisk () indicates significant difference compared with the respective control groups (the C and FO groups) using ANOVA with Tukey’s post hoc test (, –20). AUC: area under curve.