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The effect of a low compared to a high glycemic index/saturated fatty acid diet on hepatic fat

Completed
Conditions
10013317
fatty liver
Non-alcoholic fatty liver (NAFL)
10019654
Registration Number
NL-OMON54906
Lead Sponsor
niversiteit Maastricht
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Completed
Sex
Not specified
Target Recruitment
29
Inclusion Criteria

- Signed informed consent
- Caucasian (people will be excluded when having a *50% racial African/Asian
background)
- Male or postmenopausal female
- Aged 45-75 years at start of the study
- Body mass index (BMI) 27 * 38 kg/m2
- Stable dietary habits (no weight loss or gain >3kg in the past 3 months)
- Sedentary lifestyle (not more than 2 hours of sports per week)
- TG between 1.0 and 4.0 mmol/L

Exclusion Criteria

- Type 2 diabetes
- Any acute condition, exacerbation of chronic condition, or medical history
that would in the investigator*s or dependant physician's opinion interfere
with the study
- Contra-indication for MRI
- Alcohol consumption of >2 servings per day
- Smoking
- Vegetarian, vegan, food intolerant to common foods (e.g. gluten intolerant,
lactose intolerant)
- Use of medication known to interfere with the safety of study procedures

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
<p>Liver fat content (measured by 1H-MRS)</p><br>
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
<p>Explorative study parameters:<br /><br><br /><br>- de novo lipogenesis (DNL) measured as relative contribution of newly<br /><br>synthesized palmitate in the VLDL-TG pool expressed as %DNL.<br /><br>- hepatic fat oxidation measured as plasma beta-hydroxybutyrate (BHB)<br /><br>- hepatic glycogen content (13C-MRS)<br /><br>- substrate oxidation<br /><br>- plasma metabolites related to energy metabolism<br /><br>- liver fat composition (1 H-MRS)<br /><br>- 24h glycemic response</p><br>
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