Healthy volunteer
Conditions
Interventions
Healthy volunteers are given a Capsicum ingredient (9.0 mg/day) supplement every day for 6 weeks.
Healthy volunteers are given a placebo supplement every day for 6 weeks.
Sponsors
Department of Sports Medicine for Health Promotion, Tokyo Medical University
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
Male
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1) Subjects who have will to follow the experimental design and get agreement on participation. 2) Subjects who can come to Tokyo Medical University where conduct examination. 3) Subjects who have a body mass index (BMI) of 23-28 kg/m2. 4) Subjects who can ingest a capsule.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1) Subjects who routinely intake nutritional foods and/or supplements such as catechin, sesamin, and capsaicin of which usefulness for energy metabolism have been reported. 2) Subjects who routinely take medicine such as coenzyme Q10 and adenosine triphosphate which have an effect on energy metabolism. 3) Subjects who routinely intake nutritional foods and/or supplements such as monoglucosyl hesperidin and shogaol of which usefulness for maintenance of body temperature have been reported. 4) Subjects with extremely higher than 100 micromol/L of total-hemoglobin concentration in tissue in the supraclavicular region which is index of brown adipose tissue density whose increase energy metabolism. 5) Subjects who have been diagnosed with obesity. 6) Subjects with a disease causing hyperthyroidism. 7) Subjects who are judge as unsuitable for the study by the investigator.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Changes in resting energy rate and brown adipose tissue density after 6 weeks | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1) Changing body composition (body temperature, fat area) 2) Oxygen consumption 3) Questionnaire on life style and actual feeling | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
Public ContactSayuri Fuse
Tokyo Medical University Department of Sports Medicine for Health Promotion
Outcome results
None listed