Plasma Triglyceride Extraction by The Muscle

Exclusion Criteria

• •Medication or supplements known to affect either endothelial function or lipid metabolism (i.e. arginine, protein, fish oil)
• •Acute illness
• •Uncontrolled metabolic disease, including liver or renal disease
• •Atrial fibrillation, history of syncope, limiting or unstable angina, congestive heart failure, known or suspected right-to-left, bi-directional or transient right-to-left cardiac shunts
• •Cardiac pacemaker or other medical device implanted in the body
• •Pulmonary hypertension or other unstable cardiopulmonary conditions
• •ECG documented abnormalities or valvular disease
• •Low hemoglobin or hematocrit (i.e., lower than accepted laboratory values)
• •History of hypertension or elevated blood pressure (systolic, \>140 mmHg or a diastolic, \>95 mmHg)
• •History of hyperlipidemia or plasma triglyceride concentration \>200 mg/dl
• •Diagnosed diabetes, or 2-h plasma glucose \>200 mg/dl during an oral glucose tolerance test
• •Current participation in a weight-loss regimen, including extreme dietary practices
• •Use of anabolic steroids or corticosteroids (within 3 months)