J Endocr Soc. 2020 May 26;4(7):bvaa062. doi: 10.1210/jendso/bvaa062. eCollection 2020 Jul 01.
Effects of Dietary Carbohydrate Content on Circulating Metabolic Fuel Availability in the Postprandial State.
Journal of the Endocrine Society
Kim J Shimy, Henry A Feldman, Gloria L Klein, Lisa Bielak, Cara B Ebbeling, David S Ludwig
Affiliations
Affiliations
- New Balance Foundation Obesity Prevention Center, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
- Division of Endocrinology, Children's National Medical Center, Washington, DC.
- Institutional Centers for Clinical and Translational Research, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
- Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
PMID: 32666008
PMCID: PMC7326475 DOI: 10.1210/jendso/bvaa062
Abstract
CONTEXT: According to the carbohydrate-insulin model of obesity, an elevated insulin-to-glucagon ratio in response to a high-carbohydrate diet directs metabolic fuels toward storage, resulting in lower circulating energy.
OBJECTIVE: To determine differences in total circulating energy post-meal related to dietary carbohydrate.
DESIGN: Ancillary study within the Framingham State Food Study.
SETTING: University community.
PARTICIPANTS: 29 adults (aged 20 to 65 years) with overweight or obesity (body mass index ≥25 kg/m
INTERVENTION: After achieving 10% to 14% weight loss on a run-in diet, participants were randomized to weight-loss-maintenance test diets varying in carbohydrate content (high-carbohydrate, 60% of total energy, n = 11; moderate-carbohydrate, 40%, n = 8; low-carbohydrate, 20%, n = 10) and controlled for protein (20%). During 24-hour metabolic ward admissions between 10 and 15 weeks on the test diets, metabolic fuels and hormones were measured.
MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE: Energy availability (EA) based on energy content of blood glucose, beta-hydroxybutyrate, and free fatty acids, in the late postprandial period (180 to 300 minutes). Insulin at 30 minutes into the test meal (Meal Insulin-30) was measured as an effect modifier.
RESULTS: Insulin-to-glucagon ratio was 7-fold higher in participants on the high- vs low-carbohydrate diet (2.5 and 0.36, respectively). Late postprandial EA was 0.58 kcal/L lower on the high- vs low-carbohydrate diet (
CONCLUSIONS: During weight-loss maintenance on a high-carbohydrate diet, late postprandial EA is reduced, consistent with the carbohydrate-insulin model.
© Endocrine Society 2020.
Keywords: beta-hydroxybutyrate; carbohydrate; fatty acids; glucose; insulin; obesity
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