Status:
COMPLETED
Impact of Eating Beans on Metabolism
Lead Sponsor:
USDA Grand Forks Human Nutrition Research Center
Conditions:
Overweight
Eligibility:
All Genders
19+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The purpose of this research is to test how eating a meal containing beans impacts how participants' bodies use food for energy.
Detailed Description
The objective of this project is to test whether consuming a whole food that naturally contains resistant starch (RS), such as pulses, increases fat oxidation. The primary hypothesis is that consuming...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- BMI \>18.5 or \<30 kg/m2
- Ability to understand and sign the consent form
- Ability of transportation (i.e., participants must be able to provide their own transportation to the Grand Forks Human Nutrition Research Center)
- Non-smoking or use of other tobacco products, including e-cigarettes
- Not taking steroid-based medications; not planning to or currently attempting to gain or lose weight
- All females of childbearing age must be on birth control for a minimum of 3 months prior to start of study
Exclusion
- Inability or unwillingness to consume any food item in the test meals
- More than a 10% change in body weight within the past 2 months
- Participation in a weight loss diet/exercise program
- Current or planned pregnancy
- Lactation
- Uncontrolled hypertension (systolic \>160 mmHg or diastolic \>100 mmHg)
- Diagnosed cardiovascular, pulmonary, skeletal and metabolic diseases
- Fasting glucose \> 100 mg/dL or non-fasting (1-2 hours after eating) \>140 mg/dL
- Using medications known to affect appetite, blood lipids, body composition, body weight, or food intake (appetite control drugs, steroids, antidepressants)
- Non-English speaking
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
October 30 2023
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
August 15 2025
Estimated Enrollment :
36 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT06123208
Start Date
October 30 2023
End Date
August 15 2025
Last Update
December 3 2025
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USDA Grand Forks Human Nutrition Research Center
Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States, 58203