Dairy Products With Reduced Sugar and Blood Glucose

Mount Saint Vincent University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Blood Glucose, High; Overweight and Obesity; Metabolic Disease

Treatments: Other: Food

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04854603

2019-202-01

Details and patient eligibility

About

Dairy products represent an important food group in human nutrition as a source of calcium, protein, functional fats and low-glycaemic sugar lactose. While traditionally consumed natural milk and yogurt have low sugar content, many flavoured liquid dairy products such as chocolate milk, or fermented products such as yogurt have added sugar. Our recent studies have shown that the partial reduction of added sugar in chocolate milk and yogurt is not associated with any inferior sensory characteristics such as taste and pleasantness compared to their full-sugar counterparts. The current project will investigate whether the liquid dairy products with reduced sugar content (value-added products) have any benefits on blood glucose control in humans.

Enrollment: 20 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 19 to 35 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• 19-35 y males and females, non-smokers

Exclusion criteria

• having any diseases, irregular menses in females, smoking (all types), taking medications known to influence blood glucose control, skipping breakfast, and having emotional, or learning problems that would affect their ability to participate in the study as required. Individuals with known food allergies and lactose intolerance will be also excluded.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Crossover Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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20 participants in 5 patient groups

Chocolate milk with a regular added sugar content

Experimental group

Description:

Dairy product with a regular sugar content

Treatment:

Other: Food

Chocolate milk with a reduced added sugar content

Experimental group

Description:

Dairy product with a reduced sugar content

Treatment:

Other: Food

Yogurt with a regular added sugar content

Experimental group

Description:

Dairy product with a regular sugar content

Treatment:

Other: Food

Yogurt with a reduced added sugar content

Experimental group

Description:

Dairy product with a reduced sugar content

Treatment:

Other: Food

Energy-free control

Experimental group

Description:

Potable water

Treatment:

Other: Food