“…The WD consisted of standard chow (Biobase, BRA), Italian salami (Sadia, BRA), mini bread rolls (Nutrella, BRA), Cheetos balls snack (Cheetos, Pepsico, BRA), marshmallow (Fini, BRA), mixed sausage (Sadia, BRA), chocolate cake (Renata, Selmi, BRA), cookie cornstarch (Zadimel, BRA), mortadella (Frimesa, BRA), bacon snack (Troféu, Santa Helena, BRA), chocolate wafer biscuits (Bauducco, BRA), and 350 ml of degassed beverages (Coca-Cola, BRA or Guarana Antarctica, BRA) containing 49% carbohydrate, 24% lipids, and 22% proteins totalizing 5.4 Kcal/g. 16,22 During the entire experimental period, the rats were maintained under a 12-h light/dark period (lights on 06:00-18:00) and controlled temperature (22 ± 2 ºC). As represented in Fig.…”