Effect of Consumption of Bagel Without Palm Oil on Postprandial Lipidemia

Summary

Postprandial lipemia produced by fat intake is a major risk factor for the development of cardiovascular diseases (CVD), the most important cause of disease and death in the Western world. Scientific evidence shows that the consumption of saturated fatty acids has a potential harmful effect on postprandial lipemia compared to the intake of monounsaturated fatty acids. The magnitude of postprandial lipemia is also determined by the health status of individuals, being altered in individuals with metabolic disorders associated with the development of CVD, such as hypertriglyceridemia.

Palm oil is widely used in bakery products because it is more economical compared to other fats and oils of other origin and for its stability properties that contribute to this type of food. This oil has a profile of fatty acids, rich in saturated fatty acids, mainly palmitic acid, which as mentioned above, is associated with health alterations. In addition, the investigators must add the environmental problems that are generated by the massive cultivation of the plant from which palm oil is extracted (oil palm Elaeis guineensis), including the loss of thousands of hectares of tropical forest and endangering to dozens of animal species from deforested areas.

The proliferation of all these arguments associated with the effect on the health and environment of the consumption of palm oil has given way to a paradigm shift in the use of palm oil in the food sector.

The hypothesis of the study is that consumption of bagels with a composition optimized in fatty acids, eliminating the content of palm oil and replacing it with high oleic sunflower oil and stearic acid completely hydrogenated without trans fatty acids, so that the same amount of fat is maintained, will decrease the postprandial lipemia, compared to the consumption of bagels with a more conventional composition in fatty acids, in healthy and / or with mild-moderate hypertriglyceridemia individuals.

The main objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of acute consumption of bagels without palm oil in its formulation and with an optimized fatty acid composition on postprandial lipemia measuring the evolution of plasma triglyceride levels in healthy and/or with mild-moderated hypertriglyceridemia individuals.

Conditions

• Hyperlipemia

Interventions

COMBINATION_PRODUCT

Optimized Bagel

Participants will eat 132g of a bagel with an optimized composition in fatty acids in only one day, representing an ingestion of 556.5 kcal and 33g of total fat, of which 4.41g are saturated fatty acids, 24.27g are monounsaturated fatty acids, and 4.28g are polyunsaturated fatty acids.

COMBINATION_PRODUCT

Conventional Bagel

Participants will eat 132g of a bagel with a conventional composition in fatty acids in only one day, representing an ingestion of 589.0 kcal and 35.6g of total fat, of which 16.76g are saturated fatty acids, 13.00g are monounsaturated fatty acids, and 5.81g are polyunsaturated fatty acids

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Fundació Eurecat

  collaborator OTHER

• Europastry S.A.

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Hospital Universitari Sant Joan de Reus

  collaborator OTHER

• Technological Centre of Nutrition and Health, Spain

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Rosa Solà, Dr · Centro Tecnológico de Nutrición y Salud (Eurecat_Reus). Reus, Tarragona, Spain.

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

QUADRUPLE

Model

CROSSOVER

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2019-06-19

Primary Completion

2019-11-08

Completion

2019-11-08

Countries

• Spain

Study Locations