None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
The study will investigate whether eating two kiwifruit a day in conjunction with a healthy diet, can lower the cholesterol of men with high cholesterol concentrations.
Interventions
Four week run-in period (healthy diet based on the New Zealand food based dietary guidelines, e.g 5 servings of fruit and vegetables per day, etc.) 8-week randomised controlled cross-over study- intervention: 2 green kiwifruit/day + healthy diet (n=80); control: healthy diet + other fruit that they would normally have consumed (n=80); 4 weeks on each with no wash-out period between interventions (phase 1). Followed by a 4-week randomised parallel study- group one: 2 green kiwifruit/day + healthy
Four week run-in period (healthy diet based on the New Zealand food based dietary guidelines, e.g 5 servings of fruit and vegetables per day, etc.) 8-week randomised controlled cross-over study- intervention: 2 green kiwifruit/day + healthy diet (n=80); control: healthy diet + other fruit that they would normally have consumed (n=80); 4 weeks on each with no wash-out period between interventions (phase 1). Followed by a 4-week randomised parallel study- group one: 2 green kiwifruit/day + healthy diet (n=40); group two: 2 gold kiwifruit/day + healthy diet (n=40) (phase 2).
Sponsors
Massey University Albany
Study design
Allocation
Randomised controlled trial
Intervention model
Crossover
Primary purpose
Prevention
Masking
Blinded (masking used)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
Male
Age
21 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
Men; >21 years, non-smokers, serum LDL-C>3.0mmol/L, serum triglycerides (TG) < 3.0mmol/L, prepared to eat kiwifruit and a frozen dairy product
Exclusion criteria
Smokers, using lipid lowering medication, using supplements or functional foods that will affect lipid concentrations (e.g. sterol enriched spreads), chronic disease e.g. coronary heart disease (CHD), diabetes, cancer, familial hypercholesterolaemia
Outcome results
None listed