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How Quickly Can the Effects of Excessive Caloric Intake on Insulin Resistance be Reversed?

Not Applicable
Conditions
Obesity
Interventions
Other: high caloric intake
Other: reduced caloric intake
Registration Number
NCT02505958
Lead Sponsor
Temple University
Brief Summary

Objective: To show that a 1-2 day reduction of caloric intake can reduce the insulin resistance produced by several days of overnutrition. Approach: Healthy volunteers will be admitted to the Clinical Research Center and undergo a baseline euglycemic-hyperinsulinemic clamp study to assess their insulin resistance. Subjects will then start on an overnutrition program for 4 days consisting of 3 meals and 3 snacks containing \~6,000 Kcal/24hours. A second clamp study will be performed on day 5 to demonstrate the overnutrition induced increase in insulin resistance. Starting on day 5 the subject's caloric intake will be reduced to \~1,000 Kcal for 2 days (day 5 and 6). After that on the morning of day 7, a third hyperinsulinemic-euglycemic clamp will be performed to determine whether the reduced caloric intake did reduce insulin resistance and the volunteer will be discharged from the Clinical Research Center.

Detailed Description

Study volunteers will be admitted to the Clinical Research Center at Temple University Hospital. After an overnight fast, body composition will be determined non-invasively by bioimpedance analysis (4) and a 4 h euglycemic-hyperinsulinemic clamp (using only FDA-approved regular insulin) as previously described (5) will be performed during which serum samples will be obtained for measurement of glucose, insulin, free fatty acids, ketone bodies and lipids. Oxidative stress ( 6) will be measured by 24 hour urine collections (analyzed for isoprostane content via 8-isoprostaglandin-F2alpha throughout the study period. Respiratory gas exchange rates (7) will be determined at hourly intervals (with a metabolic cart (True One, Parvo Utah) during the clamp studies and once a day on Days 2 through 6. After that, (at about 1:00 in the afternoon on Day 1) the volunteers will be started on a diet program for 4 ½ days, consisting of 3 meals and 3 snacks over a 24 hour period and containing \~ 6000 Kcal/24 h. The main meals (containing \~ 1500 Kcal/meal) will be served at \~ 8:00 in the morning (breakfast), 1:00 in the afternoon (lunch) and approximately 7:00 in the evening (dinner), the snacks (\~ 500 Kcal/each) at approximately 11:00 in the morning, 4:00 in the afternoon and 11:00 in the night. On days 5 and 6, volunteers will receive 3 meals, each will contain \~333 calories. Each morning blood samples will be obtained to measure glucose insulin, free fatty acids and ketone bodies. Daily 24 h urine collections will be obtained each day. In the morning of Days 5 and 7, all procedures described for Day 1 will be repeated. In the afternoon of Day 7, the volunteers will be discharged from the hospital.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
UNKNOWN
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
1
Inclusion Criteria

Healthy non-obese men and women -

Exclusion Criteria

Subjects with diabetes or a history of obesity surgery or with more than modest health problems

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
CROSSOVER
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
high caloric intakehigh caloric intakeVolunteers will receive 3 meals and 3 snacks over a 24 hour period which will contain \~ 6,000 calories. Main meals will consist of \~ 1,500 calories and snacks will contain \~ 500 calories.
reduced caloric intakereduced caloric intakeOn days 5 and 6 subjects will receive 3 meals only and each meal will contain \~ 333 calories for a total of 1,000/ 24 hours.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Changes in insulin resistancebaseline, day 4 and day 7

Insulin resistance will be determined by measuring changes in insulin-stimulated total body glucose uptake during euglycemic hyperinsulinemic clamping

Changes in energy expenditurebaseline, day 1, day 2, day 3, day 4, day 5, day 6, day 7

Changes in energy expenditure will be assessed with a metabolic cart (indirect calorimetry)

Changes in oxidative stressbaseline, day1, day 2, day 3, day 4, day 5, day 6, day 7

24 hour urine collections analyzed for isoprostane content

Changes in weightbaseline, day 1, day 2, day 3, day 4, day 5, day 6, day 7

Subjects will be weighed daily

Changes in body compositionbaseline, day 1, day 2, day 3, day 4, day 5, day 6, day 7

Body composition will be determined by bioelectric impedance analysis

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Changes in blood levels of insulinBaseline, day1 day2, day 3, day 4, day 5, day 6, day 7

Daily blood samples will be analyzed to determine insulin levels

Changes in blood glucose levelsbaseline, day 1, day 2, day 3, day 4, day 5, day 6, day 7

Daily blood samples will be analyzed to determine glucose levels of glucose.

Changes in blood levels of free fatty acidsBaseline, day1 , day 2, day 3, day 4, day 5, day 6, day 7

Daily blood samples will be analyzed to determine free fatty acid levels

Changes in glucagon levelsbaseline, day 1, day 2, day 3, day 4, day 5, day 6, day 7

Daily blood samples will be analyzed to determine glucagon levels

Changes in blood ketone levelsbaseline, day 1, day 2, day 3, day 4, day 5, day 6, day 7

Daily blood samples will be analyzed to determine ketone levels

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Temple University Hospital

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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

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