Subjects with high normal blood pressure or grade 1 hypertension
Conditions
Interventions
Intake of 200mL Luffa smoothie made by steaming (everyday for 12 weeks)
Intake of 200mL Luffa smoothie made by boiling (everyday for 12 weeks)
intake of 200mL placebo smoothie (everyday for 12 weeks)
Sponsors
Unicersity of the Ryukyus
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1) Subjects with BMI above 20 kg/m2-under 30 kg/m2 2) Subjects with high normal blood pressure (Systolic BP from 130 to 139 mmHg and/or diastolic blood pressure from 85-89 mmHg) or grade1 hypertension (Systolic BP from 140 to 159 mmHg and/or diastolic blood pressure from 90-99 mmHg) 3) Subjects who can receive sufficient explanation, understand the contents, and hand in written consent by the person
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1) Subjects who regularly consume medicines, food for specified health use, health food, etc. that may affect the test results. 2) Subjects who are currently on a diet or are planning a diet. 3) Subjects who plan to travel for a long time during the examination period. 4) Alcoholic drinkers (Alcohol intake 60 g / day or more). 5) Subjects who have irregular diets, irregular shift rhythms, shift workers, late-night workers. 6) Subjects who have a history of serious diseases such as heart, liver, kidney, digestive system etc. 7) Subjects who are pregnant, planning pregnancy or nursing. 8) Subjects who are participating in clinical trials of other medicines or health food, within 4 weeks after the end of the trial, or who are planning to participate in other clinical trials after consenting to participate in the trial. 9) Subjects who are continuing treatment with drugs. 10) Subjects who are allergic to medicines or food (especially Luffa). 11) Subjects who performed component blood donation or blood donation of 200mL of whole blood from the month before the start of the trial. 12) Men who performed blood donation of 400mL whole blood three months before the start of the trail. 13) Women who performed blood donation of 400mL whole blood four months before the start of the trial. 14) Subjects who was judged by the study principal physician or the trial division physician to be inappropriate to participate in this trial.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| homoe blood pressure (Systolic blood pressure and Diatolic blood pressure) | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| blood pressure, heart rate, body weight, urinary sodium and pottasium, defecation status | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
Public ContactHidemi Todoriki
University of the Ryukyus Tropical Biosphere Research Center
Outcome results
None listed