Melo, Célia Regina Maganha EPeraçoli, José Carlos [UNESP]2014-05-272014-05-272007-07-01Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem, v. 15, n. 4, p. 612-617, 2007.0104-1169http://hdl.handle.net/11449/69749This research aims to measure the energy spending in parturient women of low gestation risk. Participants were selected randomly and submitted to fasting (n=15; Group I) or honey ingestion (n = 15; Group II). Data were collected by means of capillary blood values and heart frequency monitoring. The paired t-test with a 5% significance level and Tukey's method were used in statistical analysis. The results showed that honey ingestion did not promote an overload in the mother's glucose; the lactate response demonstrated that the substrate offered was well used; the cardiorespiratory rate demonstrated good performance for both groups; the total energy spent during labor demonstrated that carbohydrate ingestion exerts significant influence, improving maternal anaerobic performance; the group which remained in fasting presented, immediately after labor, higher levels of lactate, showing the organism's efforts to compensate for the energy spent.612-617spaBlood glucoseEnergy metabolismHoneyLactic acidlactic acidadultbloodcaloric intakecomparative studydeliverydiet restrictionenergy metabolismevaluationfemaleglucose blood levelheart ratehoneyhumanlabormetabolismphysiologypregnancyprospective studystatistical analysisAdultBlood GlucoseData Interpretation, StatisticalDelivery, ObstetricEnergy IntakeEnergy MetabolismFastingFemaleHeart RateHumansLabor, ObstetricLactic AcidPregnancyProspective StudiesArtigo10.1590/S0104-11692007000400014S0104-11692007000400014Acesso aberto2-s2.0-384491234702-s2.0-38449123470.pdf8499437381595614