Effect of cafeteria diet on alpha-MG intestinal absorption in rats.

The effect of a cafeteria diet (a hypercaloric diet) on the accumulative ability of the mediated and non-mediated small intestine transport of alpha-methyl-D-glucoside (alpha-MG) in developing female Wistar rats was studied using everted intestinal slices. Cafeteria diet increased intestinal active transport and decreased intestinal passive diffusion of alpha-MG in 30-day-old rats. No differences in alpha-MG intestinal absorption were found in cafeteria vs control rats after the development of obesity in cafeteria diet fed rats.

Effect of cafeteria diet on the gastrointestinal transit and emptying in the rat.

1. When gastrointestinal transit and emptying of intraluminal contents were studied using a radioactive tracer marker [( 14C]PEG-4000), the fastest gastric transit and the slowest overall transit time were observed in female Wistar rats (1-3 months old) after they were fed a cafeteria diet (a hypercaloric diet). 2.

Developmental study of digestive motor response to dietary pattern in young broilers.

1. Gastrointestinal (GI) morphometry and motility were measured in young broilers (3, 8 and 15 days old) when they were submitted to three dietary patterns (ad libitum food, acute 48-hr fast and cumulative semi-starvation). 2.