Establishment of a Routine Glycemic Index testing capability using healthy volunteers.
- Conditions
- Determining Glycemic Index of foods using healthy subjectsOther - Research that is not of generic health relevance and not applicable to specific health categories listed above
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 20
Male or female, aged 18-65 years with a normal fasting blood glucose concentration of 3.5 – 5.5 mmol/L.
Presence of diabetes, sufferers of bleeding disorders, known food allergy, hypersensitivity or intolerance to the study foods, taking medications known to influence glucose tolerance (oral contraceptives are excepted), persons considered by the investigator to be unwilling, unlikely or unable to comprehend or comply with the study protocol, participation in another research study within 30 days preceding the start of this study and history or presence of gastrointestinal, renal or hepatic disease of any cause.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Determine the Glycemic Index value of individual foods[Blood samples (via finger prick) will be taken at 0, 15, 30, 45, 60, 90 and 120 minutes after the first mouthful of test or reference food is consumed.<br><br>Blood glucose is quantified using spectrophotometry or electrochemical detection on coupled enzyme systems]
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method one[None]