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Westlake Precision Nutrition Study 2 (WePrecision2)

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Overweight and Obesity
Healthy
Interventions
Other: refined carbohydrate breakfast
Other: time-restricted diet
Other: energy-restricted diet
Other: whole grain breakfast
Registration Number
NCT05800730
Lead Sponsor
Westlake University
Brief Summary

This is a dietary intervention study, which aims to explore different diet challenges for glucose metabolism, including carbohydrates and fasting dietary pattern. Considering the glucose responses to the same food are largely heterogeneous among people, this study integrates the concepts of precision nutrition and N-of-1 design. The study also aims to discover the different impact of the time-restricted diet (TRD) and the energy-restricted diet (ERD) on host metabolic health and our hair growth.

Detailed Description

The project is mainly based on classic field trial study design to compare impacts of different fasting patterns on host metabolic health. Under the condition of controlled diet background, individual N-of-1 study design is also organically integrated to compare personalized responses for standard meal tests. Participants will be required to wear continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) for 14 days. The diet intervention will be carried out after wearing CGM on Day 1. Then, all participants will be divided into three groups: energy-restricted diet (ERD), 18:6 time-restricted diet (TRD), and normal diet (ND). During Day 3 to Day 12, ERD restricts daily total energy intake within 1200-1500 kcal without meal timing limits, while TRD restricts the daily feeding window from 10:00 to 16:00, without total energy intake restriction. ND will maintain volunteers' original eating habits and rhythms as the control group. Individual N-of-1 trial design will be employed to all participants during Day 3 to Day 12 to compare the difference of postprandial glucose response to white bread or plain oats. These two standard breakfasts will appear in pseudo-random order. The TRD group needs to adjust the breakfast time to after 10:00 in the intervention periods.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
49
Inclusion Criteria
  • Participants have completed WePrecision trial in 2021
  • Participants reside in Hangzhou
  • Participants have no traveling plans within 3 months
Exclusion Criteria
  • Participants with metabolic diseases including diabetes, hypertension and cardiovascular diseases (CVD)
  • Participants with craniocerebral trauma, cancer, liver disease, kidney disease, or other critical illness, or history of operation or medication
  • Participants with bulimia nervosa, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), chronic anxiety and depression or other critical neuronal disorder or history of relevant medication
  • Being or to be pregnant or lactating.
  • Participants with history of alcohol or drug addiction, or smoke above 15 cigarettes per day
  • Concurrently participating other clinical trials.

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
CROSSOVER
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
refined carbohydrate breakfast (Breakfast A)refined carbohydrate breakfastwhite bread (50g) + milk powder (25g)
time-restricted diettime-restricted diet-
Energy-restricted dietenergy-restricted diet-
whole grain breakfast (Breakfast B)whole grain breakfastplain oats (35g) + milk powder (25g)
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Blood glucose profiling14 days

Real-time blood glucose fluctuations will be recorded by CGM.

Change of glucose tolerance before and after intermittent fastingDay 2 and Day 13

Oral glucose tolerance test will also be conducted.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Westlake University

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Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

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