Quorn in Community Health Experiment (QUICHE)

University of Exeter

Status: Completed

Conditions: Overweight and Obesity

Treatments: Dietary Supplement: Quorn Foods products; Dietary Supplement: Meat/fish products

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; NETWORK

Identifiers

NCT04773483

201021-B-02 Wall

Details and patient eligibility

About

In overweight individuals (BMI > 27.5 kg/m2), does daily consumption of mycoprotein containing Quorn Food products lower blood cholesterol compared with daily meat/fish consumption?

Enrollment: 82 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 70 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• 18-70 years old
• BMI >27.5 kg/m2
• Non allergic to penicillin/mycoprotein
• Moderate levels of physical activity or below (self-identified; NDNS servey)
• Omnivores
• Not currently using cholesterol lowering medication

Exclusion criteria

• <18 or >70 years old
• BMI <27.5 kg/m2
• Allergies to penicillin/mycoprotein
• Heavy exercisers (self idenfiied)
• Vegetarian/vegans
• Currently using cholesterol lowering medication

Trial design

Primary purpose: Basic Science

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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82 participants in 2 patient groups

Quorn Food products

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Dietary Supplement: Quorn Foods products

Meat/fish products

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Dietary Supplement: Meat/fish products