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Acute Effect Of Low-Dose Sugar Ingestion On Forearm Blood Flow In Healthy Men, Manta Korakot, Weerapat Kositanurit, Pachara Varachotisate, Chuti Burana, Chanchai Boonla, Onanong Kulaputana
Acute Effect Of Low-Dose Sugar Ingestion On Forearm Blood Flow In Healthy Men, Manta Korakot, Weerapat Kositanurit, Pachara Varachotisate, Chuti Burana, Chanchai Boonla, Onanong Kulaputana
Chulalongkorn Medical Journal
Background: Hyperglycemia is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease resulting in vascular damage in both diabetic and non-diabetic people. Objective: To determine acute effect of elevated plasma glucose from a low-dose sugar ingestion on forearm blood flow (FBF) in healthy men. Methods: Ten healthy men (aged 24.1 4.1 years) participated in two experimental conditions: 1) drinking 200 mL of water (Control), and 2) drinking 15 grams of sugar solution (Sugar). The two conditions were scheduled in random order with a minimum of three days of washout period between conditions. FBF was determined by venous occlusion plethysmography. Peak forearm blood …