Table 1.

Food and water consumption in rats with continuous access to water, sucrose, or saccharin, or intermittent access to sucrose or saccharin.

Group	Average (± S.E.M.) Food consumption (g)	Average (± S.E.M.) Fluid consumption (g)
Water	22.1 (1.2)	81.1 (15.3)
Continuous Sucrose	10.6 (1.3)	165.9 (18.3)
Continuous Saccharin	23.3 (1.4)	84.4 (12.0)
Intermittent Sucrose
During Sucrose Access	13.0 (1.1)	182.7 (13.8)
During Water Access	20.5 (1.3)	72.7 (11.4)
Intermittent Saccharin
During Saccharin Access	25.6 (1.4)	122.6 (17.8)
During Water Access	23.4 (1.5)	87.7 (14.4)

Bolded values are significantly different from rats drinking water (one-way ANOVA and Dunnett’s post hoc comparisons)