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. 2009 Apr 22;89(6):1821–1827. doi: 10.3945/ajcn.2008.26877

TABLE 5.

Effect of the macronutrient composition of the high-carbohydrate (H-CHO) and high-fat (H-F) diets on substrate oxidation rate during the fasting and fed states1

Fasting
Fed
H-CHO H-F H-CHO H-F
NPRQ 0.82 ± 0.0 0.77 ± 0.02 0.84 ± 0.0 0.76 ± 0.02
EE (kcal/d) 1162 ± 10 1241 ± 192 1411 ± 14 1455 ± 22
Fat
 (g/d) 64 ± 5 91 ± 62 68 ± 7 117 ± 62
 (% of EE) 50 ± 4 66 ± 52 44 ± 4 73 ± 32
Carbohydrate
 (g/d) 102 ± 9 50 ± 142 147 ± 13 45 ± 82
 (% of EE) 35 ± 3 16.5 ± 42 43 ± 4 12 ± 22
Protein
 (g/d) 43 ± 2 54 ± 32 43 ± 2 54 ± 32
 (% of EE) 15 ± 1 17 ± 13 13 ± 1 15 ± 12
1

All values are means ± SEMs; n = 7. NPRQ, nonprotein respiratory quotient; EE, energy expenditure.

2,3

Significantly different from H-CHO (paired t test): 2P < 0.01, 3P < 0.05.