[Effect of qualitatively different carbohydrates on the lipoprotein spectrum and lipid composition of the blood in experimental animals].

Experiments on rats demonstrated that a high-carbohydrate diet with starch produced no changes in the lipoprotein composition and lipid concentration in the blood. Diets containing sucrose promoted an increase in triglycerides and of the pre-beta-lipoproteins. However, the effect of sucrose depended on the qualitative correlation of the carbohydrate and lipid components of the diet. A reduction of lipoproteins of low density and of the total cholesterol/phospholipid ratio on account of an increase of the latter in the blood was seen in rats given sucrose in the composition of the high-carbohydrate diet with a decreased amount of the saturated fat. Inclusion of sucrose into the diet with a physiological carbohydrate and lipid level (56 and 26% of total amount of calories, respectively) was accompanied by elevation of beta-lipoprotein level and an increase in the total cholesterol/phospholipid ratio.