Dietary Effects on Blood Pressure: 2. Effects of Dietary Restriction

Abstract

WELLS et al. (1962) reported that, when rabbits were fed diets containing added cholesterol, limiting the feeding-time to two or three one-hour periods daily caused an increase in serum and liver cholesterol concentrations and incidence of atherosclerosis. Katz (1951) found that chickens receiving a diet containing cholesterol at 60% of ad libitum consumption had a higher degree of cholesteremia and atherosclerosis than chicks receiving the diet ad libitum. He concluded that “under-nutrition” was not protective against cholesteremia and atherosclerosis in the presence of dietary cholesterol. Holmer et al. (1960) and Dam et al. (1959) reported that, in their trials, fasting actually increased the plasma cholesterol concentration of chicks. Cohn et al. (1961) fed diets containing cholesterol on an ad libitum basis or during two one-hour feeding periods each day. They reported that birds limited to eating during two one-hour periods each day had twice the serum cholesterol concentration and many…