After eating mostly fat for three days, the pancreas of healthy young men released less insulin right after they drank sugar water, even though their blood sugar went higher.

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Short-term low carbohydrate/high-fat diet intake increases postprandial plasma glucose and glucagon-like peptide-1 levels during an oral glucose tolerance test in healthy men

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2012 Aug

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Short-term low carbohydrate/high-fat diet intake increases postprandial plasma glucose and glucagon-like peptide-1 levels during an oral glucose tolerance test in healthy men

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DOI: 10.1038/ejcn.2012.58

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