The effect of consuming a meal consisting of potato or sweetpotato on the feelings of hunger/ fullness and health related blood measurements
- Conditions
- ObesityDiabetesDiet and Nutrition - ObesityMetabolic and Endocrine - Diabetes
- Registration Number
- ACTRN12612000687897
- Lead Sponsor
- Dr Stuart K Johnson (Principle Investigator)
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot yet recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 25
30 healthy adults (from the general population)
Age range: 18 to 65 Years
BMI: 18.5- 29.5 Kg/m^2
(1) Smokers
(2) Pregnant women
(3) Individuals consuming more than 3 alcoholic drinks per day (1 standard alcoholic drinks per day contains 10 g of pure alcohol)
(4) Individuals with food allergies
(5) People taking medication known to affect study parameters
(6) Individuals with eating disorders (Eating disorders will be determined by the 3 factor eating questionniare
(7) Individuals with history of the following conditons:
(a) Diabetes
(b) Cardiovascular diseases
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Post-prandial satiety response by Labelled Magnitude Satiety line scale[Fasting then immediately,10, 25, 40, 55, 85, 115, 175 minutes after the start of the meal];Post-prandial blood glucose response of finger prick blood samples using a glucometer[Fasting then 15, 30, 45, 60, 90 and 120 minutes after the start of the test meal];Post-prandial insulin by ELISA assay of venous blood serum[Fasting then 30, 60, 120 and 180 minutes after the start of the test meal.]
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Ghrelin by ELISA assay on venous blood plasma[Fasting then 30, 60, 120 and 180 minutes after the start of the test meal];Isoprostane by High Performance Liquid Chromatography on venous blood plasma[Fasting then 30, 60, 120 and 180 minutes after the start of the test meal];Interleukin- 6 by ELISA Interleukin kit on venous blood plasma[Fasting then 30, 60, 120 and 180 minutes after the start of the test meal];Antioxidant capacity by Im An ox Kit on venous serum blood plasma[Fasting then 30, 60, 120 and 180 minutes after the start of the test meal];Nitric oxide by Micro ion selective method on venous blood plasma[Fasting then 30, 60, 120 and 180 minutes after the start of the meal];Chlorogenic acid by High Performance Liquid Chromatography on venous blood plasma[Fasting then 30, 60, 120 and 180 minutes after the start of the meal]