Age: between 20 and 59 years old , Body mass index (BMI): above 25 kg/m2 adult men and women
Conditions
Interventions
Non powdered kelp contains maltitol and microcrystalline cellulose. Six cookies / day at any meal Feeding period
12 weeks
Powdered kelp: One cookie contains 1g of powdered kelp. Alginate contains 0.6g / cookie, Iodine contains 0.07mg / cookie (0.42mg / day
less than 3mg / day of tolerable upper intake level). Six cookies / day at any meal Feeding period
Sponsors
Seiichiro Aoe Otsuma Women's University Faculty of Home Economics Department Food Science
Maruyanagi Foods Inc.
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria:
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: (1) The person with severe disease in the liver, kidney, heart, lung, digestive organs, blood, endocrine, and urology. (2) The person who is undergoing therapeutic treatment or take a drug at the time of informed consent agreement. (3) Person having food or drug allergy, hypersensitivity, or those medical history. (4) Person who cannot eat kelp (5) Person who eats FOSHU, Foods with Function Claims, Supplement, So-called health food rich in dietary fiber daily. (6) Person who is controlled or limited iodine intake. (7) Person who drinks excessive alcohol . (8) Person with abnormal food habit or irregular life style such as shifts workers or late-night workers. (9) Person participating in an examination to apply an intake of other food and the examination using the drug, person with the intention of the participation within 4 weeks or after informed consent agreement of present test. (10) Men who carried out the whole blood donation of 400ml from start of this test three months ago. (11) Women who carried out the whole blood donation of 400ml from start of this test four months ago. (12) Person who judged an examination responsibility doctor to be inappropriate as a subject
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Visceral fat area | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Total fat area, subcutaneous fat area Waist circumstance, body weight, Body mass index (BMI), Body composition Serum lipids (total cholesterol, LDL-cholesterol, Triglyceride), leptin, adiponectin Fecal microbiota analysis | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
Public ContactSeiichiro Aoe
Otsuma Women's University Faculty of Home Economics Department Food Science
Outcome results
None listed