Relevance of a Hypersaline Sodium-Rich Naturally Sparkling Mineral Water to the Protection against Metabolic Syndrome Induction in Fructose-Fed Sprague-Dawley Rats: A Biochemical, Metabolic, and Redox Approach

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(a) Percentage energy supplied by fluid/total energy ingestion (𝑛=7) and (b) total energy ingestion evolution (kcal; 𝑛=7; ⁺𝑃<0.05 CONT versus FRUCT and FRUCTMIN; ⁺⁺𝑃<0.01 CONT versus FRUCT and FRUCTMIN; ^$𝑃<0.001 CONT versus FRUCT and FRUCTMIN; ^+$𝑃<0.05 CONT versus FRUCT and 𝑃<0.001 CONT versus FRUCTMIN; ^++$𝑃<0.01 CONT versus FRUCT and 𝑃<0.001 CONT versus FRUCTMIN), during the dietary intervention. Results were expressed as mean ± standard error of the mean. CONT: control; FRUCT: 10% fructose in tap water; FRUCTMIN: 10% fructose in natural mineral-rich water.

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