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Effect of FISH Intake on MEtabolic Health in a Diabetic South Asian popuLation (FISH MEAL)

NCT02840630 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 330

Last updated 2022-08-19

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Summary

The investigators will recruit non-diabetic volunteers (n=30) and diabetic volunteers controlled by diet and lifestyle (n=300). The non-diabetic volunteers will be in the non-diabetic group while the diabetic volunteers will be randomised to a diabetic control intervention group or a diabetic fish intervention group. Baseline data will be collected from all three groups but only diabetic control intervention group and diabetic fish intervention group will go through the 16-week study. This will allow the investigators to compare the metabolic health across South Asian population in people with and without diabetes.

The recommended intake of EPA and DHA daily is \~450 mg per day for cardiovascular health, or approximately 3 g per week. Over the course of 16 weeks, subjects in the diabetic control intervention group will continue with their habitual diet, while subjects in the diabetic fish intervention group will receive two 125 g portion of tinned mackerel (containing 7.8 g n-3 LCPUFA26) every week, to replace a portion of red meat or poultry. Previous n-3 LCPUFA intervention study among South Asian people in the United Kingdom was able to reverse lipid abnormalities with supplementation of 2.5 g of EPA and DHA per day for 12 weeks. However, the same study also shows that their daily consumption of EPA and DHA is only 68±99 and 112±171 mg respectively. Therefore, only 1.1 g n-3 LCPUFA per day is given in this study to increase compliance.

Recipe recommendations using mackerel will be provided. Non-diabetic volunteers will be recruited only to obtain baseline data in order to compare their metabolic profile with that of the diabetic volunteers. This will allow us to investigate the link between omega 3 status and glycaemic control in a South Asian population.

Fish is chosen as an intervention as opposed to EPA and DHA supplements in order to capture the benefits of eating fish as an important source of not only n-3 LCPUFA, but also other key nutrients such as vitamin D, selenium and iodine.

Conditions

  • Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2

Interventions

OTHER

Tinned mackerel fish

Diabetic fish intervention group will be given two tinned mackerels per week from week 0 until week 16.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Aberdeen

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Baukje De Roos, BSc, PhD · University of Aberdeen

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
25 Years
Max Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-09-30
Primary Completion
2022-08-31
Completion
2022-08-31

Countries

  • United Kingdom

Study Locations

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