[Effect of fructose included in an anti-atherosclerotic diet on the course of ischemic heart disease].

The authors followed up 58 patients aged 40-56 years with coronary heart disease, who sustained myocardial infarction. Twenty-three patients received the antiatheroscleroctic diet including 140-150 g fructose (group 1), 35 subjects were given the common antiatherosclerotic diet (group 2). Fructose was included into salad, jelly, mousse, stewed fruit, cottage cheese pudding, lemon drink. A study was made on the effect of the therapeutic diets on immune responsiveness, lipid spectrum of blood serum, composition of fatty acids contained by red cell and platelet membranes, carbohydrate metabolism according to the glycemic curves after glucose intake. The data obtained demonstrate that inclusion of fructose in high doses (140-150 g) into the antiatherosclerotic diet has an untoward action on some features common to coronary heart disease.