Salt Intake and Lactobacillus Abundance

Charité University Medicine Berlin

Status: Completed

Conditions: Healthy Volunteers; Probiotics; Sodium

Treatments: Dietary Supplement: Probiotics; Dietary Supplement: Salt

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02971787

Tissue Salt 5

Details and patient eligibility

About

To investigate the influence of an increased salt intake (6 g/d for 14 days) on the relative abundance of gut lactobillus species in healthy men

Enrollment: 8 patients

Sex: Male

Ages: 18 to 50 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Healthy men
• 18 - 50 years
• Body mass index 18,5 - 29,9 kg/m2

Exclusion criteria

• Clinically relevant heart, lung, liver, and kidney disease
• Current or chronic infections
• Habitual intake of probiotics or dietary supplements

Trial design

Primary purpose: Basic Science

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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8 participants in 1 patient group

Probiotics and salt

Experimental group

Description:

Lactobacillus enrichment and salt increase

Treatment:

Dietary Supplement: Salt

Dietary Supplement: Probiotics