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F Bornet

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[Lactase deficiency and lactose intolerance-related symptoms in adult healthy subjects from western France].

The prevalence of lactase deficiency (LD) and lactose intolerance is not well known in France. Using breath hydrogen and methane analysis after 50 g oral lactose load, we investigated the prevalences of LD, lactose intolerance, and methane producer status in 102 healthy adults born in western France, and we examined the relationships between these parameters and the daily milk consumption. In 10 subjects with LD and lactose intolerance, we studied the reproducibility of the lactose hydrogen breath test results for the diagnosis of LD and lactose intolerance and estimated the quantity of lactose malabsorbed in comparison with the lactulose hydrogen breath test. The prevalence of LD was 23.4 percent and symptoms of lactose intolerance were observed in 50 percent of the 24 subjects with LD. The daily milk consumption was not significantly different in the 24 subjects with LD and in the 78 subjects without LD (281 +/- 197 vs 303 +/- 217 ml/24 h). The prevalence of methane producer status was 42.1 percent. The symptomatic group of lactose malabsorbers (n = 12) was characterized by a shorter lactose mouth to caecum transit time (39 +/- 20 vs 88 +/- 48 min; P less than 0.05), and more marked hydrogen production (6.1 +/- 2.3 vs 3.4 +/- 2.4 10(3) ppm.min; P less than 0.04). In the 10 subjects with LD and lactose intolerance, the hydrogen breath test was reproducible for diagnosis of LD and lactose intolerance, and for hydrogen production. The quantity of lactose malabsorbed was 60 percent. In France, symptoms of lactose intolerance are not severe and do not affect the daily consumption of milk and dairy products.

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Breath hydrogen response to lactulose in healthy subjects: relationship to methane producing status.

In order to assess the relationship between methane (CH4) producing status and the breath excretion of hydrogen (H2) in healthy subjects, breath CH4 and H2 were simultaneously measured for 14 hours after oral ingestion of 10 g lactulose in 65 young volunteers. Forty were breath CH4 producers and 25 were not. Statistically significant differences were observed between both groups, with lower values for CH4 producers recorded for the following parameters: fasting basal value of breath H2 (8.1 (4.9) v 5.2 (3.7) ppm, p less than 0.05), mouth-to-caecum transit time (68 (24) v 111 (52) min, p less than 0.005), and breath H2 production measured as area under the curve 13.1 (6.9) v 8.8 (3.8) 10(3) ppm/min, p less than 0.02). There was no significant correlation between individual production of breath H2 and CH4. These results indicate that the response to lactulose depends on breath CH4 producing status. In clinical practice, defining normal values of mouth-to-caecum transit time without knowledge of breath CH4 producing status may lead to misinterpretation of the H2 breath test.

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Sucrose or honey at breakfast have no additional acute hyperglycaemic effect over an isoglucidic amount of bread in type 2 diabetic patients.

Exclusion of simple sugars from the diabetic diet is not always followed by patients and may not even be as crucial as was hitherto thought. We tested three types of mixed breakfasts (400 kcal, 50 g HCO) including an isoglucidic amount either of white bread (30 g), honey (20 g) or sucrose (15 g), at the critical morning period i.e. for breakfast, in a group of 21 Type 2 (non-insulin-dependent) diabetic patients (6 well- and 15 badly controlled). Mean plasma glucose and insulin levels were comparable on the three occasions: respectively with bread, sucrose and honey, peak glucose values were 18 mmol/l, 17.7 mmol/l and 17.5 mmol/l in the uncontrolled group versus 13.9 mmol/l, 12.8 mmol/l and 12.7 mmol/l in the well-controlled group. Peak insulin values were 33.6 mU/1,34.0 mU/l and 36.3 mU/l (p greater than 0.05) in uncontrolled patients against 57.5 mU/l, 54.8 mU/l and 52.5 mU/l in well-controlled subjects (p greater than 0.05). The mean increment in peak plasma glucose values for the three breakfasts was as follows: 6.9 mmol/l, 6.3 mmol/l and 6.2 mmol/l for the uncontrolled group against 7.2 mmol/l, 5.9 mmol/l and 6.2 mmol/l in well-controlled subjects; the mean increment in peak plasma insulin levels was 21.8 mU/l,22.0 mU/l and 24.2 mU/l in the controlled group versus 38.2 mU/l, 32.0 mU/l and 34.7 mU/l in the well-controlled subjects, all values being non-significantly different (p greater than 0.05). We conclude that, in acute conditions, simple sugars have no additional hyperglycaemic effect over an isoglucidic amount of bread in well-and in badly controlled Type 2 diabetic patients, even at breakfast.

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Sucrose taken during mixed meal has no additional hyperglycaemic action over isocaloric amounts of starch in well-controlled diabetics.

The hyperglycaemic effect of 20 g sucrose taken at the end of a regular mixed meal by diabetic patients was measured in six adult type 1 diabetics, C-peptide negative, controlled by the artificial pancreas, and twelve adult type 2 diabetics, with fasting plasma glucose levels below 7.2 mmol/l (130 mg/100 ml) and post-prandial plasma glucose levels below 10.0 mmol/l (180 mg/100 ml), treated by diet alone or with glibenclamide and/or metformin. All the patients were given on consecutive days, in random order, two mixed meals of grilled meat, green beans, and cheese, as well as a cake made either of rice, skimmed milk, and saccharine (meal A) or rice, skimmed milk, and 20 g sucrose (meal B). The meals contained equal amounts of calories and of carbohydrate. There was no difference between the meals in plasma glucose curves and plasma insulin or insulin infusion rate variations whether in peak values, peaking times, or areas under the curves, in either group of patients. Sparing use of sucrose taken during mixed meals might help well-controlled diabetic patients to comply with their daily dietary prescription while maintaining good blood glucose control.

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Lack of detectable deleterious effects on metabolic control of daily fructose ingestion for 2 mo in NIDDM patients.

The effects of a daily intake of 30 g fructose on blood glucose regulation, erythrocyte insulin receptors, and lipid metabolism have been studied in type II (non-insulin-dependent) diabetic subjects. Eight well-controlled patients received, in a randomly assigned crossover design over two 2-mo study periods, 30 g of fructose in exchange for an isocaloric amount of starch. Fructose could be taken at any time during the day as part of the 1400-1600 kcal allowed diet (50% carbohydrate, 30% fat, 20% protein). No significant difference was observed concerning body weight, HbA1c, fasting plasma glucose, fasting plasma insulin, uric acid, total cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, and triglycerides, nor was there any change in insulin binding to erythrocytes between the fructose and the control starch period. However, the mean plasma triglyceride levels after the fructose period, although still in the normal range, were significantly higher than baseline values (P less than .05). We conclude that moderate amounts of fructose incorporated into the diet of well-controlled type II diabetic subjects have no significant deleterious effect on glycemic control, insulin receptors of erythrocytes, or lipid metabolism.

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In vitro and in vivo digestibility and metabolic effects of 3 wheat-flour products (white bread, french toast (rusk) and french toast bran-enriched) in normal subjects.

We devised to study the effects of two technological processings of industrial bread (degree of cooking and enrichment with bran) on in vitro digestibility and repercussions on carbohydrate metabolism in healthy subjects. 3 products were tested in vitro and in vivo: white bread (WB), french toast obtained from the same white bread (FT) and french toast enriched with bran (BFT). In vitro, the percentage of starch hydrolysed was significantly lower for the bran-enriched toast than for WB and FT (p less than 0.001). In vivo, the 3 products and an oral glucose load were given at 08.00 h, after an overnight fast, to 12 healthy volunteers (8 F; 4 M); (age = 24 +/- 1 years; BMI = 21.9 +/- 0.9; mean +/- SEM) on four consecutive days and in random order (latin squares 3 x 4). Each meal contained 35 g carbohydrate and 125 ml water and, for the wheat products, about 190 Kcal. The mean results of the glycemic indexes were: WB = 115 +/- 17%; FT = 99 +/- 21%; BFT = 87 +/- 21% (NS) with the corresponding insulin indexes at 81 +/- 8%, 79 +/- 9% and 90 +/- 8% respectively (NS). The mean plasma glucose and insulin values at 30 minutes did not differ between the three tested foods but were all significantly lower than that observed with glucose (p less than 0.01). Plasma glucose transiently descended below baseline values in all subjects for glucose and BFT. Neither the toasting process nor the presence of wheat bran had any major effect upon hyperglycemia and insulin secretion in the healthy subjects studied.

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Glycaemic and insulinaemic responses in healthy volunteers upon ingestion of maltitol and hydrogenated glucose syrups.

Glycaemic and insulinaemic index of maltitol and maltitol-containing chocolate have been determined in healthy subjects with reference to glucose and compared with those of sucrose solution and sucrose containing chocolate. All maltitol containing products (solutions and chocolate) show a reduced glycaemic index. Insulinaemic index of maltitol solutions is also low, while that of maltitol chocolate remains high.

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