title: Comparative effects of fructose, aspartame, glucose, and water preloads on calorie and macronutrient intake.
abstract: Using a within-subjects design, we gave over-weight and normal-weight subjects a 500-mL drink of fructose, glucose, or aspartame diluted in lemon-flavored water or plain water in a randomized fashion at about weekly intervals. Food intake was assessed at a buffet lunch that began 38 min after the preload was completed. Blood was drawn throughout and assayed for concentrations of glucose, insulin, glucagon, and free fatty acid. When subjects drank the fructose preload, they subsequently ate fewer overall calories and fewer grams of fat than when they drank any of the other preloads. The aspartame load did not stimulate intake beyond the plain-water control. The effects of the oxidation of fructose as a possible mechanism for the reduction in food intake is discussed. The effects of insulin in stimulating intake are also discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rodin
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001218:Aspartame / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000032:analysis; D004040:Dietary Carbohydrates / Q000008:administration & dosage; D004041:Dietary Fats / Q000008:administration & dosage; D004151:Dipeptides / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D004326:Drinking; D002149:Energy Intake; D004734:Energy Metabolism / Q000187:drug effects; D005230:Fatty Acids, Nonesterified / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D005632:Fructose / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D005934:Glucagon / Q000097:blood; D005947:Glucose / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D006801:Humans; D007328:Insulin / Q000097:blood; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009747:Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D009765:Obesity / Q000178:diet therapy / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D004040:Dietary Carbohydrates; D004041:Dietary Fats; D004151:Dipeptides; D005230:Fatty Acids, Nonesterified; D007328:Insulin; D005632:Fructose; D005934:Glucagon; D005947:Glucose; D001218:Aspartame