[Effect of a 36-hour fast on blood glucose and insulin responses to the glucose stimulus in the normal subject]. / Effet d'un jeûne de trente-six heures sur les réponses glycémiques et insulinémiques au stimulus glucosé chez le sujet normal.

The authors show that it's been able to perform an oral glucose tolerance test on subjects after an 36 hrs 'fasting, providing that a feeding with 250 g of carbohydrates has been brought on the three days before fasting. Three oGTT were performed on 10 normal subjects and carried out as follow: the first after a 3 days' period of usual food intake, the second after a 36 hours 'fasting, the third after a new three days' period with the usual food intake. The first and the third glycemic and insulinemic responses to oGTT are not significantly different. However, after the third period, weight, triacylglycerolemic rate and fasting blood sugar levels are still significantly below the initial values.