Table 1:

Body composition and serum hormone and metabolites.

	NS	HS	LS	Sacc	SolCarb^®
Fat Depot weights (g)
Inguinal	7.24 ± 0.50	7.41 ± 0.72	7.96 ± 0.38	7.38 ± 0.57	8.16 ± 0.69
Epididymal	4.44 ± 0.25	5.04 ± 0.52	5.07 ± 0.39	4.75 ± 0.25	5.29 ± 0.41
Retroperitoneal	2.91 ± 0.31	2.83 ± 0.29	3.49 ± 0.27	2.83 ± 0.41	3.59 ± 0.41
Mesenteric	2.18 ± 0.16^A	1.95 ± 0.26^A	2.74 ± 0.29^AB	2.12 ± 0.20^A	3.08 ± 0.30^B
Liver
Weight (g)	12.23 ± 0.21	13.76 ± 0.50	14.36 ± 0.48	13.08 ± 0.44	14.13 ± 0.66
Lipid (mg)	477 ± 25	443 ± 16	439 ± 38	477 ± 21	461 ± 22
Glycogen (mg glucose)	730 ± 50	734 ± 27	734 ± 27	780 ± 37	776 ± 30
Body Composition (g/rat)
Carcass wt.	345 ± 6	346 ± 6	357 ± 10	350 ± 6	353 ± 8
Carcass Fat	30 ± 2	32 ± 3	36 ± 2	29 ± 3	37 ± 3
Carcass Ash	14.7 ± 0.6	15.5 ± 0.3	14.3 ± 0.8	16.6 ± 1.10	15.5 ± 0.8
Lean Mass	300 ± 6	298 ± 4	307 ± 8	304 ± 4	301 ± 6
Serum Assays
Leptin (ng/ml)	7.1 ± 1.5	6.6 ± 2.0	6.3 ± 1.5	6.8 ± 1.3	8.3 ± 2.2
Insulin (ng/ml)	0.42 ± 0.11	0.62 ± 0.13	0.81 ± 0.21	0.48 ± 0.15	0.36 ± 0.04
Glucose mg/dL)	164 ± 11	154 ± 15	161 ± 13	155 ± 10	137 ± 6
FFA (mEq/L)	0.53 ± 0.05	0.50 ± 0.05	0.61 ± 0.03	0.49 ± 0.05	0.64 ± 0.05
Triglycerides (mg/dL)	165 ± 24	168 ± 15	185 ± 19	149 ± 16	155 ± 21

Data are means ± SE for groups of 8 rats fed different diets for 38 days. There were no significant differences in any of the parameters measured when compared by one-way analysis of variance, except for mesenteric fatt which was significantly larger in SolCarb^® than NS, HS or Sacc rats (P<0.05, determined by post-hoc Duncan’s Multiple Range test).