None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
A 3-month intervention using encapsulated red orange (Citrus sinensis) juice extract in combination with nutritional intervention to investigate whether or not red orange juice extract decreases the risk factors of metabolic syndrome
Interventions
Morosil extract capsule 250mg oral administration, twice per day before meals for three months. Bioactive substances present in this red orange juice extract include: Anthocyanins 0.8 – 0.9%, Flavonoids 2 – 2.2%, Hydroxycinnamic acid 0.8 – 1.0%, and Ascorbic acid 4.3 – 4.5%.
Nutritional intervention involving the dietary recommendation on the individual bases will be provided to both groups. Participants will receive the recommendations once a week in the teaching clinic of Victoria University
Morosil extract capsule 250mg oral administration, twice per day before meals for three months. Bioactive substances present in this red orange juice extract include: Anthocyanins 0.8 – 0.9%, Flavonoids 2 – 2.2%, Hydroxycinnamic acid 0.8 – 1.0%, and Ascorbic acid 4.3 – 4.5%. Nutritional intervention involving the dietary recommendation on the individual bases will be provided to both groups. Participants will receive the recommendations once a week in the teaching clinic of Victoria University, St Albans campus.
Sponsors
Victoria University
Study design
Allocation
Randomised controlled trial
Intervention model
Parallel
Primary purpose
Prevention
Masking
Blinded (masking used)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
30 Years to 60 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
Males and females aged 30-60 years with a BMI greater than 25 or a waist circumference > 94cm for males and >80cm for females.
Exclusion criteria
Liver, kidney and heart disease, pregnancy, type 1 and type 2 diabetes with insulin medication, cigarette smoking and the use of any medication for weight loss.
Outcome results
None listed