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Effect of coconut and olive oil in energy expenditure in overweight wome

Not Applicable
Conditions
obesity
C18.654.726.500
Registration Number
RBR-8ngpq9
Lead Sponsor
niversidade Federal de Viçosa - UFV
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Recruitment completed
Sex
Female
Target Recruitment
Not specified
Inclusion Criteria

Fifteen women will be select to participate in the study; 20 to 40 years old; overweight and with high body fat; basal energy requirements between 1200 to 1500kcal/day.

Exclusion Criteria

chronic diseases; weight and physical activity maintenance; use medication that affects some parameter assessed in the survey; smokers; pregnant or lactating; presence of eating disorders; presence of intestinal disorders; alcoholic.

Study & Design

Study Type
Intervention
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
It was not observed incresed energy expenditure after 1, 2 and 3 hours of coconut oil (1.02; 0.99 e 0.94 kcal/min) and olive oil intake.<br>Also, it was not observed a greater fat oxidation after coconut oil and olive oil intake (42.7 vs 40.8 g/min) respectively. All assessment were realized by indirect calorimetry.
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
It is expected a decrease in serum inflammatory cytokines (IL-2, IL-4, IL-6, IL-17A, TNF-a) after olive oil intake verified by flow cytometry technique, using the kit Human Th1 / Th2 / Th17 CBA kit from the observation of a significant reduction in the concentrations of these cytokines after 3 hours of eating a meal containig olive oil.;There was no change in serum inflammatory cytokines evaluated over time. There were also no differences between the consumption of coconut oil and olive oil in serum concentrations of these cytokines.
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