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Food Additives - Do Processed Diets Impact on Gut and Metabolic Health

NCT03842514 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 20

Last updated 2020-03-06

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This dietary intervention study will assess the effect in healthy human volunteers of an E number which is a food additive and commonly used and consumed emulsifier, on gut function, gut inflammation and glucose metabolism. We will be using a powdered soy lecithin product in the food to compare a diet with and without this ingredient.

Conditions

  • Gut Health
  • Metabolic Health

Interventions

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Soya lecithin

The lecithin supplement will be soya lecithin granules given as 7.5 g twice daily, incorporated into juices

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Medical Research Council

    collaborator OTHER_GOV

  • University of Liverpool

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of Aberdeen

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Alexandra Johnstone, PhD · University of Aberdeen

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
SINGLE
Model
CROSSOVER

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-05-01
Primary Completion
2020-03-04
Completion
2020-03-04

Countries

  • United Kingdom

Study Locations

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