TABLE 1.

Plasma/serum 0800 hr data

Plasma/Serum	N = 7
	Meals
	Pre‐ CHO free Day 1	CHO‐free Day 4	∆	Pre fasting Day 1	Fasting Day 4	∆
Total cholesterol (mmol/L)	3.9 ± 0.36	3.9 ± 0.41	0	4.0 ± 0.38	4.0 ± 0.44	0
LDL‐cholesterol (mmol/L)	2.4 ± 0.33	2.5 ± 0.38	0.1	2.3 ± 0.03	2.5 ± 0.44	0.2
HDL‐cholesterol (mmol/L)	0.9 ± 0.08	0.9 ± 0.05	0	1.0 ± 0.10	0.9 ± 0.10	−0.1
VLDL‐cholesterol (mmol/L)	0.6 ± 0.05	0.5 ± 0.08	−0.1	0.7 ± 0.10	0.6 ± 0.03	−0.1
Non HDL‐cholesterol (mmol/L)	3.0 ± 0.33	3.0 ± 0.38	0	3.0 ± 0.38	3.1 ± 0.44	0.1
IGF‐I (nmol/L)	10.5 ± 4.76	9.2 ± 0.64*	−1.3	11.1 ± 0.18	10.5 ± 4.73	−0.6
IGFBP−3 (µg/L)	1,297 ± 187	1,226 ± 167	−71	1,241 ± 184	1,287 ± 176	46

∆, post minus pre value.

CHO, carbohydrate; HDL, high‐density lipoprotein; IGFBP‐3, Insulin‐Like Growth Factor Binding Protein‐3; IGF‐I, Insulin‐like growth factor I; LDL, low‐density lipoprotein; VLDL, very low density lipoprotein.

^* p < 0.05 using Student's paired t test.