Status:
UNKNOWN
The Effect of 2 Months Daily Supplementation of Orange Juice With Fibers
Lead Sponsor:
Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center
Conditions:
Healthy People
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-65 years
Phase:
PHASE1
PHASE2
Brief Summary
The study hypothesis is that 2 Months Daily Supplementation of Orange juice with fibers will effect the weight and the plasma lipids. This will be a double-blind parallel controlled study. Study popu...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Healthy Volunteers
- Age 60\>18 years
- Written informed consent
- Consumers of orange drinks: freshly squeezed juices, commercial pasteurized juices and / or orange soft drinks
- Regular eating pattern
Exclusion
- Patients with chronic disease sach as:
- diabetes,
- cancer,
- C.O.P.D.,
- metabolic syndrome,
- over weight,
- kidney failure,
- heart disease and
- osteoporosis.
- Antibiotic treatment in the last 4 weeks
- Subjects on regular probiotic or prebiotic supplementation, unless the subject will do 2 weeks of wash out before commencing the study.
- Subjects with intestinal disorders such as: IBD, IBS, celiac, colon cancer.
- Subjects after intestinal surgery.
- Use of medicines for lowering cholesterol (simvastatin), sugar control
- Pregnancy
- Subjects with abnormal base-line blood test results: liver functions and/or kidney functions, cholesterol level above 200 mg/dL and glucose level above 50 mg/dL (during fast)
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
September 1 2009
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
December 1 2010
Estimated Enrollment :
50 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00966784
Start Date
September 1 2009
End Date
December 1 2010
Last Update
August 27 2009
Active Locations (1)
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Suorasky Medical Center
Tel Aviv, Israel