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The Effect of Potato Fries Processing on Food Intake, Satiety and Blood Glucose

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Diabetes
Overweight
Obesity
Metabolic Syndrome
Interventions
Other: dietary treatment
Registration Number
NCT02014207
Lead Sponsor
University of Toronto
Brief Summary

Potato is one of the world's most popular foods and is widely accepted as a staple food. The objective of this study is to determine the effect of altering commercial blanching and cooling times during manufacture of frozen fries produced by the on blood glucose, satiety and appetite. It hypothesized that the processing regime predetermines the physiologic responses to ingested product and therefore it is possible to produce healthier product lines of potato fries.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
Male
Target Recruitment
Not specified
Inclusion Criteria
  • Healthy men with a body mass index (kg/m2) of 20-24.9
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Exclusion Criteria
  • smocking, medication, breakfast skipping, restrained eating
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Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
Not specified
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
golden crinkledietary treatment-
low blanchedietary treatment-
high chilldietary treatment-
low chilldietary treatment-
high blanchdietary treatment-
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
blood glucose120 min

Glycaemic response will be measured before the treatment (baseline) and at 15, 30, 45, 60, 90 and 120 min after the treatment. The glucose concentration will be measured in capillary blood using portable glucose meter.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
food intake120 min

Ad libidum food intake will be measure at 120 min using test pizza meal. The amount of consumed test meal (g) will be converted to the energy (kcal).

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Department of Nutritional Sciences

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Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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