Influence of bicarbonate rich mineral water on acid-base metabolism and indicators on bone turnover
- Conditions
- E87Other disorders of fluid, electrolyte and acid-base balanceAcid base equilibrium and bone metabolism
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 129
Healthy, competent men and women aged 18-75 years
- omnivorous
- BMI 18,5-32 kg/m2
- Ability and willingness of study participamts to follow study leaders instruction
- written consent after information about study content, procedure and risks
- allergies regarding study products contents
- individuals that follow an alternative diet (e.g. vegetarian, vegan, paleo, food combining)
- Intake of medicine that has an influence on calcium- and bone metabolism (diuretics, corticosteroids, anticonvulsants, bisphosphonate)
- Intake of calcium or magnesium supplements
- diagnosed and treated osteoporosis
- Intake of isoflavonoids
- hormone replacement therapy 6 months before beginning of the study or during the intervention
- severe chronic diseases (diabetes mellitus, kidney disease, liver disease, manifested coronary diseases, cancer, thyroid disease)
- individuals with urinary stones or intake of urine acidifying medicine
- diagnosed blood coagulation disorder or intake of coagulation-inhibiting medicine
- chronic gastrointestinal diseases (colitis ulcerosa, morbus crohn, pancreas insufficiency)
- regular intake of laxative medicine
- pregnancy or lactation
-addiction to alcohol and/or drugs
- missing consent or refusal/reset of the consent
- participation in another clinical trial at the same time or within the past 30 days
- planned surgery within the next 3 months
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method et acid excretion (NEA) analitically determined by means of the titratable acid (TA) of the ammonium (NH4+) and bicarbonate (HCO3-) in the urine (NEA = TA + NH4+ – HCO3-) at the beginning and at the end of the intervention<br><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method - parameters of the bone turnover (osteocalcin, carboxy-terminal collagen crosslinks (CTX) in EDTA blood, amino-terminal propeptide of type I collagen (P1NP) at the beginning and and the end of the intervention<br>- potential renal acid load (PRAL) of different mineral waters and the consumed food using valid food questionnaires<br>