Which is a Better Breakfast? Egg or Cereal?

Completed

• Conditions: Hunger; Satiety

• Registration Number: NCT01413217
• Lead Sponsor: Pennington Biomedical Research Center

Brief Summary

Which is a better breakfast? Egg or cereal?

Detailed Description

Which breakfast has the most beneficial effect on blood glucose and insulin, blood hormones and blood pressure, egg or cereal breakfast? Over a seven week period the participant will take part in eating breakfast of either egg breakfast or cereal breakfast which will be monitored. Blood samples will be taken before participants eat and different times throughout until after Lunch on day 1 and day 7. Questionnaires will be given to determine satiety (feeling of fullness) and hunger before and after breakfast and lunch. After a two week period participants will return for another week of the same procedure and tests that was followed from Day 1 though day 7 listed. However, this time participants will be eating the second of the two breakfasts whichever one they did not have for the first test period.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2010-07
• Study First Submitted: 2011-07-15
• Study First Submitted QC: 2011-08-08
• Study First Posted: 2011-08-10
• Primary Completion: 2011-09
• Study Completion: 2011-09
• Status Verified: 2022-09
• Last Update Submitted: 2022-09-13
• Last Update Posted: 2022-09-15

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 20

Inclusion Criteria

• 18-60 years of age
• not lost more than 5% of body wight in the past 3 months, or not trying to actively lose weight at the moment.
• are not suffering from disease such as major heart conditions, cancer, type 1 diabetes, eating disorders, very high cholesterol or triglycerides levels, or any serious illness that requires intensive and long term medical treatment.

are not allergic to or sensitive to eggs, soy or wheat, and do not dislike these foods.

• have a BMI of equal to or >30 to equal to or <60

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Caloric intake for Lunch after you have received an Egg or Cereal Breakfast and Levels of glucose, insulin, and lipids are measured.	7 weeks	Before breakfast satiety following an egg breakfast compared to the other breakfast determines the impact of egg breakfast on their Lunch intake. Blood samples will be taken to test the levels of glucose, insulin, and lipids like cholesterol and triglycerides.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Satiety or hunger	7 weeks	Questionnaires to determine satiety and/or hunger before and after breakfast and lunch will be given.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Pennington Biomedical Research Center; 🇺🇸 Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States