TABLE 1.

General characteristics of experimental groups

Blood was collected in the morning after ad libitum feeding (n ≥ 5/group). All of the values are represented as the means ± S.E.

	RC	HFD
Bodyweight (g)	278 ± 8	298 ± 14
Daily caloric intake (kcal)	61 ± 3	83 ± 5a
Plasma glucose (mg/dl)	142 ± 2	144 ± 4
Plasma insulin (ng/ml)	0.8 ± 0.23	1.4 ± 0.21
Plasma free FAs (mm)	0.39 ± 0.01	0.57 ± 0.04a
Plasma free glycerol (μg/μl)	0.014 ± 0.002	0.016 ± 0.001
Plasma triglycerides (μg/μl)	0.17 ± 0.03	0.21 ± 0.02

^a p < 0.05 versus RC.