Effects of Low Protein-High Carbohydrate Diet during Early and Late Pregnancy on Respiratory Quotient and Visceral Adiposity

Figure 3

Food intake and energy expenditure in nonpregnant and pregnant rats on gestation days 8 and 15 (early pregnant (8G) and late pregnant (15G)) during 24 h. Data were collected using metabolic cages (Panlab, Spain). The section inside the box represents the dark phase (the light-off); the black circles represent the group of rats with control diet while the white circles correspond to the group of rats with low-protein diet: (a) food intake, expressed in grams (g), during 24 h in nonpregnant rats; (b) food intake, expressed in g, during 24 h in early pregnancy rats in 8 days of gestation (8G); (c) food intake, expressed in g, during 24 h in late pregnancy rats in 15 days of gestation (15 G); (d) energy expenditure recorded for 1 day, in nonpregnant rats; (e) energy expenditure recorded for 1 day, in pregnant rats in 8G; (f) energy expenditure recorded for 1 day in pregnant rats in 15G. Data represent the mean and standard error of three independent experiments ().