The effect of alcohol consumption on adult social drinkers' liking of snack foods
- Conditions
- Promotion of healthy eatingDiet and Nutrition - Other diet and nutrition disorders
- Registration Number
- ACTRN12617000136303
- Lead Sponsor
- Monash University
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 20
This study is recruiting healthy 18 to 65 year old adult social drinkers with a Body Mass Index between 18.5kg/m2 to 30kg/m2 who like and eat savoury snacks such as crisps, nuts, biscuits and dips
Volunteers who have any of the following of the key exclusion criteria will be unable to participate in this study:
1. Consume six or more standard drinks on more than two separate occasions in the last month and less than 4 or more than 64 standard drinks per month.
2. Diagnosed with Type 1 or Type 2 Diabetes or that on screening, not have a random blood glucose reading above 8.0mmol/L
3. Pregnant or breastfeeding
4. Smoker
5. Unable to tolerate lactose (i.e. have lactose intolerance but not using lactase tablets to manage symptoms)
6. Allergic or sensitive to nuts or nut products (nut allergy)
7. Allergic to cow’s milk protein (milk allergy)
8. Allergic to egg protein (egg allergy)
9. Allergic to wheat (wheat allergy)
10. Allergic to sesame seeds (sesame allergy)
11. Allergic to fish and crustaceans (fish allergy and crustacean allergy)
12. Intolerant to gluten (coeliac disease)
13. Vegan or unable to eat foods with dairy and egg products
14. Have dietary restrictions, such as for cultural reasons (i.e. requiring Halal and/or Kosher foods)
15. Have an implanted cardiac defibrillator, active prostheses, cardiac pacemaker or have open wounds on hands and/or feet
16. Currently dieting to lose weight and/or have an eating disorder
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Subjective ratings of the five characteristics (flavour, texture, mouth-feel, liking of the appearance and overall liking) of the food snacks, as measured by five 9-Point Hedonic Scales.[At three hours after the commencement of each testing evening.]
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method % Breath alcohol concentration as measured by an Alcolimit breathalyser. [At baseline, 30, 45, 60 90, 120 and 180 minutes after consuming a moderate alcohol dose using Area under the curve.];Blood glucose, insulin and lipids, as collected by blood samples via cannula and measured by serum and plasma assays.[At baseline, then 0, 15, 30, 45, 60, 90, 120 and 180 minutes after consuming a moderate dose of alcohol using Area under the curve.]