Digestion of Foods Consumed in Africa

Summary

As populations become urbanized in Africa, the change to a more Westernized diet has been associated with rise in obesity and related metabolic syndrome diseases. The current study shows that in the West African Sahel, these replacement starchy staple foods have fast gastric emptying compared to traditional sorghum and millet foods; and implies that the latter could be beneficial in lowering glycemic response, providing energy from a meal over a longer time, and providing a satiety effect. Knowledge of this attribute of sorghum and millet foods could be useful to improve their image in West African cities to increase their consumption and to improve markets for local smallholder farmers.

Conditions

• Obesity and Other Hyperalimentation

Interventions

OTHER

Rice

Different modern and traditional starch-based foods found in Bamako, Mali were tested for differences in gastric emptying rate and appetitive response.

OTHER

Potato

Different modern and traditional starch-based foods found in Bamako, Mali were tested for differences in gastric emptying rate and appetitive response .

OTHER

Pasta

Different modern and traditional starch-based foods found in Bamako, Mali were tested for differences in gastric emptying rate and appetitive response.

OTHER

Sorghum thick porridge

Different modern and traditional starch-based foods found in Bamako, Mali were tested for differences in gastric emptying rate and appetitive response.

OTHER

Millet thick porridge

Different modern and traditional starch-based foods found in Bamako, Mali were tested for differences in gastric emptying rate and appetitive response.

OTHER

Millet couscous

Different modern and traditional starch-based foods found in Bamako, Mali were tested for differences in gastric emptying rate and appetitive response.

OTHER

Millet thin porridge

Different modern and traditional starch-based foods found in Bamako, Mali were tested for differences in gastric emptying rate and appetitive response.

OTHER

Millet thin monikuru porridge

Different modern and traditional starch-based foods found in Bamako, Mali were tested for differences in gastric emptying rate and appetitive response.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Baylor College of Medicine

  collaborator OTHER

• Purdue University

  lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Masking

NONE

Model

CROSSOVER

Eligibility

Min Age

20 Years

Max Age

50 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2012-03-31

Primary Completion

2013-04-30

Completion

2013-05-31