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Table 1 Composition of purified diets1

From: Nutritional correlates and dynamics of diabetes in the Nile rat (Arvicanthis niloticus): a novel model for diet-induced type 2 diabetes and the metabolic syndrome

INGREDIENTS

Diet

 

Mediterranean-type

Western-type

 

(Low-fat/high-fiber)

(High-fat/low-fiber)

CHO:Fat:Prot %en

69:15:16

40:43:17

kcal/g

3.5

4.5

 

g/Kg

Casein

20

80

Lactalbumin

20

80

Oatmeal (7.5%fat)

733

200

Wheatbran (4.25% fat)

70

0

Dextrose

0

170

Cornstarch

60

170

Cellulose

44

31

(Total fiber)2

(147)

(51)

Fat (Sats:Monos:Polys)

(3:5:7)

(19:18:6)

Milk fat (chol stripped)

 

42

Tallow (chol stripped)

 

97

Lard

 

31

Soybean oil

 

30

(Total fat)2

(58)

(15)

Mineral mix (Ausman - Hayes)3

40

52

Vitamin mix (Hayes - Cathcart)4

11

14

Choline chloride

2

3

  1. 1 Diets which were prepared in the lab were fed to Nile rats as cake, prepared by with holding from the formulation 60 g/kg cornstarch premixed into 800 mL of simmering water before addition to the remaining ingredients
  2. 2Includes fiber or fat in oatmeal and wheatbran
  3. 3Ausman-Hayes mineral mix # 210077, Diets, Inc., Bethlehem, PA
  4. 4 Hayes-Cathcart vitamin mix
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Nutrition & Metabolism

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