Effects of Oral Ingestion of Drinking Water Using a Tumbler That Emits Far Infrared Rays on Metabolic Profile

Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital

Status: Completed

Conditions: Metabolic Problems

Treatments: Dietary Supplement: infrared water group; Dietary Supplement: sham group

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03920436

02-2018-035

Details and patient eligibility

About

The investigators conduct a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study to investigate the effects of oral ingestion of drinking water using a tumbler that emits far infrared rays at room temperature on metabolic profile in adults for 8 weeks.

Full description

The investigators conduct a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study to investigate the effects of oral ingestion of drinking water using a tumbler that emits far infrared rays at room temperature on metabolic profile in adults for 8 weeks; the safety of the compound are also evaluate. The Investigators examine lipid profile, glucose, liver and renal function at baseline, as well as after 4, 8 weeks of intervention. Thirty adults were administered either 1.8 L of drinking water using a tumbler that emits far infrared rays at room temperature or drinking water using a sham-tumbler each day for 12 weeks.

Enrollment: 30 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 19+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• 19 years and older

Exclusion criteria

• aspartate aminotransferase (AST) or alanine aminotransferase (ALT) more than twice the highest reference value
• serum creatinine ≥ 1.5 mg/dL)
• uncontrolled diabetes mellitus (a fasting glucose of >160 mg/dL)
• uncontrolled hypertension (BP > 160/100 mmHg)
• severe gastrointestinal symptoms
• alcohol abuser
• pregnant or lactating women
• allergic to the ingredient involved
• cardiocebrovascular diseases or any cancer during the six months prior to study
• smoker

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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30 participants in 2 patient groups

Infrared water group

Experimental group

Description:

This group takes drinking water using a tumbler that emits far infrared rays at room temperature for 8 weeks.

Treatment:

Dietary Supplement: infrared water group

sham group

Sham Comparator group

Description:

This group takes drinking water using a tumbler at room temperature for 8 weeks.

Treatment:

Dietary Supplement: sham group