Daily carbohydrate intake of seven men with normal weight was limited to 220-265 g/d for 6 d and then increased to 620-770 g/d for 20 d, while intake of protein, fat, and sodium remained constant. Carbohydrate overfeeding increased body weight by 4.8%, basal oxygen consumption (VO2) by 7.4%, BMR by 11.5%, and serum triiodothyronine levels by 32%. Overfeeding did not affect the thermic effect of a standard meal. Intravenous propranolol reduced the thermic effect of a meal by 22% during the base-line feeding period, and by 13% during carbohydrate overfeeding, but did not affect preprandial VO2. Overfeeding attenuated the rise in plasma glucose and FFA levels induced by infusion of norepinephrine, but had no effect on the increase in VO2 induced by norepinephrine. Overfeeding did not alter 24-h urinary excretion of vanillylmandelic acid, supine plasma catecholamine levels (pre- and postprandial), blood pressure, or plasma renin activity, but increased peak standing plasma norepinephrine levels by 45% and resting pulse rate by 9%. Even though short-term carbohydrate overfeeding may produce modest stimulation of sympathetic nervous system activity in man, the increase in thermogenesis induced by such overfeeding is neither suppressed by beta adrenergic blockade nor accompanied by an increased sensitivity to the thermogenic effects of norepinephrine. These data do not support an important role for the sympathetic nervous system in mediating the thermogenic response to carbohydrate overfeeding.
S Welle, R G Campbell
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