Which is a Better Breakfast? Egg or Cereal?

Pennington Biomedical Research Center

Status: Completed

Conditions: Satiety; Hunger

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01413217

PBRC 10010

Details and patient eligibility

About

Which is a better breakfast? Egg or cereal?

Full description

Which breakfast has the most beneficial effect on blood glucose and insulin, blood hormones and blood pressure, egg or cereal breakfast? Over a seven week period the participant will take part in eating breakfast of either egg breakfast or cereal breakfast which will be monitored. Blood samples will be taken before participants eat and different times throughout until after Lunch on day 1 and day 7. Questionnaires will be given to determine satiety (feeling of fullness) and hunger before and after breakfast and lunch. After a two week period participants will return for another week of the same procedure and tests that was followed from Day 1 though day 7 listed. However, this time participants will be eating the second of the two breakfasts whichever one they did not have for the first test period.

Enrollment: 20 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 60 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• 18-60 years of age
• not lost more than 5% of body wight in the past 3 months, or not trying to actively lose weight at the moment.
• are not suffering from disease such as major heart conditions, cancer, type 1 diabetes, eating disorders, very high cholesterol or triglycerides levels, or any serious illness that requires intensive and long term medical treatment.

are not allergic to or sensitive to eggs, soy or wheat, and do not dislike these foods.

• have a BMI of equal to or >30 to equal to or <60

Trial design

20 participants in 2 patient groups

Egg Breakfast

Description:

This group will be given a breakfast consisting of eggs. A breakfast consisting of eggs induces greater satiety and reduces Lunch Time intake.

Cereal Breakfast

Description:

This breakfast will consist of a breakfast that will include cereal. A breakfast cereal or white bread increases lunchtime energy intake.