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Folate-Rich Foods Improve Folate Status

NCT02373033 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 57

Last updated 2015-02-26

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Summary

This study evaluates the effects of folate-rich foods regarding improvement of folate status compared with folic acid supplement. A randomized, parallel intervention trial with two active groups (folate-rich foods or folic acid supplement) and one control group (apple juice - 0 µg/d folate) was executed over 12 weeks.

Conditions

  • Folic Acid Deficiency

Interventions

OTHER

Natural food folate

Consumed folate-rich foods (providing additional 250 μg/d folate).

OTHER

Folic acid

Received a folic acid supplement (providing additional 500 μg/d folic acid).

OTHER

Apple juice

Received apple juice containing no folate or folic acid.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

    collaborator OTHER

  • The Swedish Research Council for Environment, Agricultural Sciences and Spatial Planning (FORMAS)

    collaborator OTHER_GOV

  • Mansoura University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Cornelia Witthöft, Prof · Dept of Food Science, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
19 Years
Max Age
32 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-03-31
Primary Completion
2013-06-30
Completion
2013-06-30

Countries

  • Egypt

Study Locations

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