Carbohydrate-Induced Lipemia

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Abstract
PATIENTS with lipemia have been divided into two general categories on the basis of the effect of dietary fat on their plasma triglyceride concentration.1 In one type lipemia is minimal when fat is excluded from the diet.1 2 3 In this disease, designated as "fat-induced lipemia," lipoprotein lipase is present in decreased concentration, and the disorder is thought to represent impaired clearing from the blood of chylomicrons formed during the absorption of dietary triglyceride.1 2 3 4 It is characteristically familial in its occurrence.In contrast to these patients, most subjects with hyperlipemia exhibit the highest level of plasma triglyceride concentration when dietary fat is . . .