Figure 5.

Plasma glucose and insulin response for 3 h meal tolerance test (MTT) by dietary treatment¹. ¹Mean (± SEM) plasma glucose and insulin concentrations at baseline and 30, 60, 120 and 180 minutes and total AUC after the ingestion of the test meals (Table 2B) at weeks 0 and 12. The main effect of the test meals at week 0 and 12 were compared by repeated-measures ANOVA with week and blood sampling time as within subject factors, and diet as between subject factors. The main effect of time (weight loss) for each diet was compared using repeated-measures ANOVA with AUC at week 1 and 12 as within subject factors. VLCARB = very low carbohydrate diet (n = 24) VLF = very low fat diet (n = 22) HUF = high unsaturated fat (n = 21). * VLCARB test meal significantly different from VLF and HUF test meals at week 0 and week 12, P < 0.01. a denotes no significant effect of weight loss within diet group b = significant effect of weight loss within diet group (P < 0.05)