Postprandial Response to Different Jams

University of Navarra

Status: Completed

Conditions: Lipid Profile; Hyperglycemia, Postprandial; Feeding Behaviors; Antioxidant; Postprandial

Treatments: Other: Strawberry Jam

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01684332

UNAV-078-2010

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this study is to investigate the effects of an acute intake of three different types of strawberry jam, differing in the carbohydrates and antioxidants content, on postprandial glucose metabolism, lipid profile, antioxidant status and satiety indices, in healthy adults.

Full description

Study Design: Randomized, postprandial, crossover, double-blind intervention with three arms.

Subjects: Sixteen healthy adults

Product studied: At each arm, participants consume 60g of strawberry jam:

• High-sugar jam (traditional; HS),
• Low-sugar jam (without added-sugar; LS),
• Low-sugar jam including antioxidant extract from strawberry pulp (LSA).

Enrollment: 16 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 50 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Adult men and women
• Normal weight or overweight (BMI between 18.5 and 29.9 kg/m2)
• Age between 20 and 50 years old.

Exclusion criteria

• To suffer from any chronic disease related to metabolism,
• To follow concomitant medications,
• To follow slimming treatments or hormone replacement therapy,
• To have any inability to perform the follow-up,
• Smoking,
• Known food allergies,
• Pregnancy, lactation or menopause

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Crossover Assignment

Masking: Triple Blind

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16 participants in 3 patient groups

High Sugar (HS)

Experimental group

Description:

Study of the postprandial effects after consuming 60g of strawberry jam with high sugar content

Treatment:

Other: Strawberry Jam

Low Sugar (LS)

Experimental group

Description:

Study of the postprandial effects after consuming 60g of strawberry jam with low sugar content

Treatment:

Other: Strawberry Jam

Low Sugar + Antioxidant (LSA)

Experimental group

Description:

Study of the postprandial effects after consuming 60g of strawberry jam with low sugar content and an antioxidant extract from strawberry pulp

Treatment:

Other: Strawberry Jam