THE EFFECTS OF THE INGESTION OF GLUCOSE AND OF FRUCTOSE ON THE RATE OF EXCRETION OF URINE AND VARIOUS CONSTITUENTS

Abstract
Following the ingestion of 50 gms. glucose or of 50 gms. fructose the rate of excretion of P (total, inorganic and organic) creatinine and N was the same as in the control expts. with water. There was an increase in the titratable acidity and ammonia excretion after taking the sugars; and a small, but nevertheless significant, rise in the rate of lactic acid excretion after fructose but not after glucose. Creatine appeared in the urine in a few of the expts. with glucose and in practically all the expts. with fructose. The vol. of urine excreted was reduced by both sugars and to a greater extent by fructose than by glucose.