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Effects of Egg Consumption on Carotenoid Absorption From Co-consumed, Non-Egg Food

NCT01951313 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 17

Last updated 2014-06-18

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans emphasizes consumption of 4.5 cups of fruits and vegetables daily but average intake of US adults is only 2.6 cups. This low consumption of fruits and vegetables results in limited availability of certain nutrients found in these foods such as carotenoids. Dietary carotenoids have health beneficial properties and are known to fight against disease. Eggs are known to be a good source of carotenoids and eggs may improve the absorption of carotenoids found in co-consumed fruits and vegetables. Therefore, we are interested to see if consuming eggs with a mixed-vegetable salad will increase carotenoid absorption.

Conditions

  • Will Consuming Eggs With a Mixed Vegetable Salad Increase Carotenoid Absorption

Interventions

OTHER

Egg consumption

Subjects will participate in 3 testing days (randomized, crossover design). Each day, the subject will consume a carefully portioned mix-vegetable salad without eggs (C, control); 75g (about 1½ eggs) scrambled whole egg (LE, low egg), and 150g (about 3 eggs) scrambled whole egg (HE, high egg). Prior to each testing day, subjects will consume a low-carotenoid diet for 7 days to reduce blood carotenoid concentration. In the testing day, blood collected every 60 minutes for 10 hours will be processed to analyze carotenoid and vitamin E concentrations. At the 5-h time point, subjects will be fed a low fat (\< 2g) and low carotenoid (\< 2000µg) meal as the 2nd meal.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • American Egg Board

    collaborator OTHER

  • Purdue University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Wayne W Campbell, Ph.D · Purdue University

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
SINGLE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
19 Years
Max Age
45 Years
Sex
MALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2014-01-31
Primary Completion
2014-05-31
Completion
2014-05-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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