Fig. 1

Weight gain (a) fasting serum glucose (b), fasting serum triglycerides (c) and fasting serum cholesterol (d) in rats that were fed for 6 weeks with diets containing normal rodent chow (Control), fructose (Fr), high fat (HF), and high fat plus fructose (HF + Fr). Weight gain was determined by subtracting the weight of the animals after six-weeks treatments with the diets, determined right before sacrifice, minus the weight at the beginning of the treatments. The results are presented as the mean ± S.E. of n ≥ 4. Different letters indicate statistically significant differences at P < 0.05