SummaryTHE purpose of the study was to investigate the effect of apple fibre on diabetic control and on plasma lipid levels in non insulin dependent maturity !inset diabetes _mellitus. Twelve patients (8 females and 4 males) ingested 15g of apple fibre per day over a period of 7 weeks. There was a significant improvement in diabetic control, as reflected by a fall in mean fasting plasma glucose (P<0.05) and in percentage glycosylated. haemoglobin (P<0.005). There was a 5% decrease in plasma cholesterol and 4% increase in HDL-cholesterol with no change in plasma triglyceride. These results suggest that apple fibre may be a useful adjuvant in the management of non insulin dependent maturity onset diabetic patients.
The personality of people who develop a depressive illness has been the subject of much controversy. Most of what has been written is based on clinical observations made during the illness and on inferences drawn from symptoms and there are few investigations based on studies of patients when they were not ill. The present investigation was carried out on women after they had recovered from a depressive illness.
Although abnormalities in physique in mental patients have been reported many times (see review by Rees, 1960) their cause and significance are obscure. Rey and Coppen (1959) reported the results of an investigation into the physique of mental patients using a measure of sexual maturation known as the androgyny score (Tanner, 1951, 1962).
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