The Rapidity With Which Alcohol and Some Sugars May Serve as Nutriment

The influence of various sugars on the respiratory quotient

“…Our results agree with those of Higgins (5) in that lsevulose, galactose and sucrose caused a sharper and more marked rise in the R.Q. than did glucose.…”

“…solely, or even mainly, as a combustion quotient is criticised. (5) The suggestion is made that the non-protein R.Q. represents not a combustion quotient but the algebraic sum of the transformation carbohydrate fat, plus the oxidation of carbohydrate for energy purposes Our thanks are due to Miss E. L. Weatherhead for her skilled assistance in the performance of most of the experiments here recorded.…”

Effects of dietary carbohydrate on lipid metabolism in primates

“…This knowledge was disseminated despite the fact that Togel, Brezina & Durig (1913) had found the respiratory quotient after ingestion of fructose to be above 1.0 whereas after ingestion of glucose it was persistently below 1.0. This was confirmed 3 years later by Higgins (1916) and he went so far as to state that fructose shows a tendency or preference to change to fat in the body whereas glucose tends to change to glycogen.…”

Simultaneous Respiratory Exchange and Blood Sugar Time Curves Obtained in Diabetic and Non Diabetic Individuals Following Ingestion of Glucose

“…In some instances a slight decrease may be noted. In conditions which deplete glycogen, such as exercise, starvation, etc., no increase or an actual decrease may be noted for a time (7,8,9). Benedict and Carpenter (8) found a fairly consistent picture in the ten cases observed.…”

“…After the administration of 100 grams of glucose an increase may be noted within 7 minutes (7) and rarely fails to occur within 30 minutes. The average maximum increase is about 0.12 (8).…”