Comparing EVCO and EVOO

Ankara City Hospital

Status: Completed

Conditions: Appetitive Behavior; Obesity

Treatments: Other: Extra virgin coconut oil or extra virgin olive oil

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04738929

EVCO

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this study is to compare acute effects of consuming extra virgin coconut oil (EVCO) as a source of medium chain fatty acids and extra virgin olive oil (EVOO) as a source of long chain fatty acids in normal weight and obese subjects.

Full description

Twenty male subjects (10 normal weight; 10 obese) consumed breakfast meals containing skimmed milk, fat-free white cheese, bread and EVCO (25 g) or EVOO (25 g). Visual analog scale evaluations, resting metabolic rate measurements and selected blood parameters analysis (glucose, triglyceride, insulin and plasma peptide YY) were performed before and after the test breakfast meals. In addition, energy intakes were evaluated by ad libitum lunch meal at 180 min.

Enrollment: 20 patients

Sex: Male

Ages: 19 to 40 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Metabolically healthy
• Aged 19-40 years
• Normal weight (BMI=18.5-24.9 kg/m²) and obese men (BMI=30-34.99 kg/m²)

Exclusion criteria

• smoking,
• alcohol consumption,
• weight gain/loss recently (> %5, in three months),
• any genetic and metabolic diseases,
• any food allergy/intolerance,
• any medication,
• restrained eating habits.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Crossover Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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20 participants in 2 patient groups

Normal weight

Experimental group

Description:

Normal weight subjects (BMI=18.5-25)

Treatment:

Other: Extra virgin coconut oil or extra virgin olive oil

Obese

Experimental group

Description:

Obese subjects (BMI=30-34.99)

Treatment:

Other: Extra virgin coconut oil or extra virgin olive oil