Table 2.

Serum Glucose (mg/dl), Triglycerides (mg/dl), NEFA (mEq/dl), Total Cholesterol (mg/dl), HDL (mg/dl) and LDL (mg/dl) at the end of the experiment.

	C	L	R
Glucose	117 ± 15	138 ± 14*	129 ± 14
Triglycerides	229 ± 21	190 ± 57	326 ± 80*‡
NEFA	642 ± 232	582 ± 272	792 ± 427
Total Cholesterol	98 ± 13	77 ± 18*	90 ± 19
LDL Cholesterol	51 ± 7	33 ± 12*│	49 ± 13
HDL Cholesterol	41 ± 4	41 ± 5	39 ± 3

C = Control; L = Light Soft Drink; R = Soft Drink. n = 8 animals in each group.

*≠C

‡≠L

│≠R