Oscillations of Dietary Fat/Carbohydrate Intake Over Interval of 3 to 4 Days

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Healthy

In brief

The purpose of this study is to understand the mechanisms for oscillations of dietary fat/carbohydrate intake and how fat intake affect insulin resistance and liver fat over interval of 3 to 4 days.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01115075

Run by

Pennington Biomedical Research Center

People needed

16

Starts

2010-03-01

Expected to finish

2014-06-01

Last updated by the study team

2016-01-25

Who can join

Age: 21 and older, up to 55. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• You are a dietitian or a senior level or graduate level dietetics student
• You are between the ages of 21-55 years inclusive and a nonsmoker
• you are not a restrictive diet or strenuous exercise regimen
• You typically eat several meals per day

You may not qualify if…

• You have an eating disorder or history
• You abuse alcohol or other substances, and consume no more than 3 alcoholic drinks per day
• You have no current regular use of some over-the-counter medication or prescription medication, excluding headache medicines, blood pressure medications, etc.
• You have gained/lost more than 10 pounds of body weight in the last year
• You have recently had or anticipating significant life changes during the course of your participation in the study.
• You have an eating disorder or history
• You have a major psychiatric illness or history
• You have no serious current clinical disease or surgical condition that may interfere with the study.

Where it is running

• Pennington Biomedical Research Center — Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States

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