Effects of Faba Bean Fractions as Ingredients in Novel Food Products on Glycemia, Appetite and Metabolic Control

University of Toronto

Status: Active, not recruiting

Conditions: Diabetes; Obesity

Treatments: Dietary Supplement: Crackers/pasta with no faba bean fraction; Dietary Supplement: Crackers/pasta with added faba bean starch; Dietary Supplement: Crackers/pasta with added faba bean protein concentrate; Dietary Supplement: Crackers/pasta with added faba bean protein isolate; Dietary Supplement: Crackers/pasta with added faba bean flour

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02658591

SPG_UofT_FabaBean

Details and patient eligibility

About

The investigators hypothesized that consuming crackers or pasta enriched with faba bean fractions (faba bean protein concentrate, faba bean protein isolate, faba bean flour and faba bean starch), would reduce the blood glucose response to the meal compared to foods without faba bean components and reduce food intake at a meal

Enrollment: 60 estimated patients

Sex: Male

Ages: 18 to 30 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Non-smoking
• No metabolic disease
• BMI 20 - 25 kg/m^2
• Male
• Age 18-30

Exclusion criteria

• Intolerance to treatments
• Currently taking appetite-modifying medications
• Restrictive eating
• Smoking
• Over- or underweight
• Breakfast-skipping

Trial design

Primary purpose: Basic Science

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Crossover Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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60 participants in 5 patient groups

Control

Active Comparator group

Description:

Crackers/pasta with no faba bean fraction

Treatment:

Dietary Supplement: Crackers/pasta with no faba bean fraction

Faba bean protein concentrate

Experimental group

Description:

Crackers/pasta with added faba bean protein concentrate

Treatment:

Dietary Supplement: Crackers/pasta with added faba bean protein concentrate

Faba bean protein isolate

Experimental group

Description:

Crackers/pasta with added faba bean protein isolate

Treatment:

Dietary Supplement: Crackers/pasta with added faba bean protein isolate

Faba bean flour

Experimental group

Description:

Crackers/pasta with added faba bean flour

Treatment:

Dietary Supplement: Crackers/pasta with added faba bean flour

Faba bean starch

Experimental group

Description:

Crackers/pasta with added faba bean starch

Treatment:

Dietary Supplement: Crackers/pasta with added faba bean starch