Fat Burning After a Meal

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Postprandial Effect of Carbohydrate Beverage Consumption
• Interventions: Other: 15% protein; Other: 30% protein; Other: Sweetened beverage

• Registration Number: NCT02211599
• Lead Sponsor: USDA Grand Forks Human Nutrition Research Center

Brief Summary

The purpose of the study is to determine how adding a carbohydrate beverage to a meal with different protein levels affects the rate at which one's body burns fats, sugars, and proteins.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2014-08-05
• Study First Submitted QC: 2014-08-05
• Study First Posted: 2014-08-07
• Study Start: 2014-11
• Primary Completion: 2016-06
• Study Completion: 2016-06
• Status Verified: 2022-01
• Last Update Submitted: 2022-01-18
• Last Update Posted: 2022-02-02

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 29

Inclusion Criteria

• BMI less than 25 kg/m2
• ability to sign the consent form
• availability of transportation

Exclusion Criteria

• percent body fat greater than or equal to 25% for males and 35% for females
• allergies to any study foods
• more than a 10% change in body weight within the past 2 months
• current or planned pregnancy
• lactation
• metabolic illness/disease(s)
• active cancer or in short-term remission (less than 3 years)
• infectious diseases
• alcohol or drug abuse
• tobacco use
• presence of acute illness
• taking medications known to affect energy expenditure and appetite

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: CROSSOVER

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
30% protein meal and sweetened beverage	Sweetened beverage	Breakfast and lunch will each contain 30% protein. A sweetened flavored beverage will be served with each meal; one drink will be sweetened with sugar and the other with sucralose (a non-nutritive sweetener). Order will be randomized.
15% protein meal and sweetened beverage	15% protein	Breakfast and lunch will each contain 15% protein. A sweetened flavored beverage will be served with each meal; one drink will be sweetened with sugar and the other with sucralose (a non-nutritive sweetener). Order will be randomized.
15% protein meal and sweetened beverage	Sweetened beverage	Breakfast and lunch will each contain 15% protein. A sweetened flavored beverage will be served with each meal; one drink will be sweetened with sugar and the other with sucralose (a non-nutritive sweetener). Order will be randomized.
30% protein meal and sweetened beverage	30% protein	Breakfast and lunch will each contain 30% protein. A sweetened flavored beverage will be served with each meal; one drink will be sweetened with sugar and the other with sucralose (a non-nutritive sweetener). Order will be randomized.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Postprandial lipid oxidation rate	4 hours after meal consumption

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Postprandial protein oxidation	4 hours after meal consumption
Energy expenditure measured by postprandial thermogenesis	4 hours after meal consumption
Postprandial carbohydrate oxidation	4 hours after meal consumption

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

USDA Grand Forks Human Nutrition Research Center; 🇺🇸 Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States