Table I.

Measurement of food and water uptake in beginning and end of experiment. As shown, usage of water and food in diabetic rats enhanced

Groups	Uptake water (mL)		Uptake food (g)
	Baseline	End of study	Baseline	End of study
Intact control	52.6 ± 9.4	53.1 ± 10.3	18.5 ± 4.2	17.8 ± 4.7
Diabetic control	148.2 ± 20.1*	158.2 ± 37.5*	38.4 ± 5.2*	39.1 ± 4.8*
Treated by alfalfa	151.2 ± 26.4*	136.6 ± 33.3*	35.2 ± 3.4*	33.5 ± 4.5*
* Asterisk symbols showed significant changes by P < 0.05