Effect of Dietary Sucrose and Glucose on Plasma Cholesterol in Chicks and Rabbits. ∗

Summary

Chicks were fed purified diets containing 3% cholesterol and either casein, gelatin and sucrose or soybean protein and glucose together with vitamins and minerals. The chicks receiving casein, gelatin and sucrose had higher plasma cholesterol values than did those whose diet contained soy protein and glucose. When both diets contained casein and gelatin, those chicks on the diet containing sucrose as sole carbohydrate source had higher plasma cholesterol values than did those on a diet containing glucose; when these same diets were fed without the addition of 3% cholesterol, no significant difference in plasma cholesterol concentrations was found. Serum cholesterol values of rabbits fed a cholesterol diet containing sucrose were higher than those from a group on a similar diet containing glucose.