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Glycemic Index of food preparations with and without Fenuflakes

Not yet recruiting
Conditions
Male and female overweight individuals (BMIless than or equal to 22.9)
Registration Number
CTRI/2022/03/040940
Lead Sponsor
Madras Diabetes Research Foundation
Brief Summary

Research studies have shown thatlifestyle; in particular dietary aspects play an important role in preventing /increasing the burden of the chronic diseases. Dietary habits could thereforebe modified to exert a positive impact in the prevention and treatment. It hasbeen suggested that the high glycemic carbohydrate foods -those foodscontaining carbohydrates which elicit rapid blood glucose rise and therebyincrease the insulin demand leading to hyperinsulinemia, insulin resistance andtype 2 diabetes. Hence, there is a need to understand the blood glucose raisingpotential of foods in India to be of an important tool to aid in the preventionand or management of diabetes and its complication. Thus, evolved the conceptof ‘Glycemic Index’ (GI) which ranks the foods, based on the speed at which thefood raises the blood glucose in a scale of 0 to 100, 100 indicating highglycemic index corresponds to oral glucose’s GI. Today, India leading the worldwith the largest number of diabetic volunteers causing a heavy economic burdento the country urgently needs to look at cost effective strategies to combatthis situation. A cost-effective dietary approach like estimating andunderstanding the role of glycemic index of various Indian foods in thelifestyle related diseases like diabetes is urgently needed.

**Aim:** To measure glycemic index(GI) of foodpreparations with and without‘*f*enuflakes’ (n=12)

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Not Yet Recruiting
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
15
Inclusion Criteria

Age -18 to 45 years BMI ≥18.5 to ≤ 22.9 kg/ m2 (as per WHO cut off for normal BMI) Both male and female Willingness to consume the test foods no known food allergy or intolerance; no medications known to affect glucose tolerance (excluding oral contraceptives) — stable doses of oral contraceptives, acetylsalicylic acid, thyroxin, vitamins and mineral supplements or drugs to treat hypertension or osteoporosis are acceptable.

Exclusion Criteria

a known history of diabetes mellitus or the use of anti-hyperglycemic drugs or insulin to treat diabetes and related conditions pregnant or lactating women a major medical or surgical event requiring hospitalization within the preceding 3 months; the presence of disease or drug(s) which influence digestion and absorption of nutrients; the use of steroids, protease inhibitors or antipsychotics (all of which have major effects on glucose metabolism and body fat distribution).

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Assessing the glycemic index, GI category of food productsassessed at 6 different time points-15,30,45,60,90,120 mins post ingestion of each of the test foods. Each foods will be tested on separate days
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Madras Diabetes Research Foundation

🇮🇳

Chennai, TAMIL NADU, India

Madras Diabetes Research Foundation
🇮🇳Chennai, TAMIL NADU, India
MrsSudha Vasudevan
Principal investigator
9840014480
s2r_7@mdrf.in

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