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The Sugar Tolerance of Alcoholic Patients

1939; SAGE Publishing; Volume: 42; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.3181/00379727-42-10791

1535-3702

KARL M. BOWMAN, Joseph Wortis, Leo L. Orenstein, Walter Goldfarb,

Diet, Metabolism, and Disease

Summary and ConclusionsThe sugar tolerance was studied in a group of 18 alcoholic patients. On admission there was a marked diminution of the sugar tolerance, which improved after one week in the hospital on a normal diet. It is suggested that the diminished tolerance was due to an undernourished state previous to admission.