Impact of date-based nutritional bar intake on metabolic health
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Health (effects on metabolic health)Nutritional, Metabolic, Endocrine
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN19386758
- Lead Sponsor
- Qassim University
- Brief Summary
2024 Results article in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38892726/ (added 19/06/2024)
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Male
- Target Recruitment
- 27
Inclusion Criteria
1. Healthy male adults
2. Normal body weight with body mass index (BMI)= ?18 to = 25 kg m-2
3. Body weight stable for previous 4 months
Exclusion Criteria
1. History of eating disorder
2. History of gastrointestinal problems or surgery
3. History of allergy
4. History of chronic illness
5. On any medication
6. Smoking
7. On nutritional supplements
8. Following specific diet
9. Currently taking part in other research
10. Being overweight (> 25 BMI kg/m2) or underweight (BMI < 18 kg/m2)
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Postprandial serum glucose, insulin and triglyceride responses are evaluated in the fasted state and at 30, 60, 90, 120 and 180 minutes after ingestion of date-based or mixed fruit-based nutritional bars. The serum glucose and triglyceride concentrations are assessed using colorimetric reagents, while serum insulin concentrations are assessed using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) kits.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method