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Metabolic Effects of Honey or Fructose:Glucose Mixtures

Effects of a Dietary Honey or Isomolar Fructose:Glucose Mixture on Glucose Tolerance and Blood Lipid Profile in Healthy Male Volunteers

Status
Completed
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT02747446
Acronym
HONEY
Enrollment
8
Registered
2016-04-21
Start date
2013-01-31
Completion date
2014-06-30
Last updated
2016-04-25

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Conditions

Healthy

Keywords

fructose, triglyceride, oral glucose tolerance

Brief summary

The metabolic effects of 7-day weight-maintenance diets containing 10% total energy as acacia honey or a fructose:glucose mixture will be assessed in a group of healthy male volunteers. Primary outcome is plasma total triglyceride concentrations after ingestion of standardized breakfast and lunch containing 25% energy as honey or fructose:glucose mixture; secondary outcome is glucose tolerance and suppression of endogenous glucose production after ingestion of 75 g glucose. Results obtained with 10% honey and 10% fructose: glucose mixture diets will be compared to results obtained with a weight-maintenance, isocaloric diet in which starch is substituted for honey or fructose:glucose mixture

Detailed description

Eight health males volunteers will be studied three times in a randomized order * Honey: volunteers will be fed a weight-maintenance diet containg 5% sugars, 20% starch, 25% acacia honey, 35% fat and 15% protein during 6 days (day 1-6); On day 7, their plasma metabolites and hormones concentrations will be monitored over 10 hours during which they will receive a breakfast and a lunch containing honey; on day 8, they will have a 75g oral glucose4 + 375 mg 13C-labelled glucose tolerance test, and their plasma glucose and insulin concentrations will be monitored over 4 hours; glucose kinetics will be measured by 6,6 deuterated glucose * FG: volunteers will be fed a weight-maintenance diet containg 5% sugars, 20% starch, and 25% of a fructose:glucose mixture matching the composition of acacia honey, 35% fat and 15% protein during 6 days (day 1-6); On day 7, their plasma metabolites and hormones concentrations will be monitored over 10 hours during which they will receive a breakfast and a lunch containing fructose and glucose; on day 8, they will have a 75g oral glucose + 375 mg 13C-labelled glucose tolerance test, and their plasma glucose and insulin concentrations will be monitored over 4 hours; glucose kinetics will be measured by 6,6 deuterated glucose * Control: volunteers will be fed a weight-maintenance diet containg 5% sugars, 45% starch, 35% fat and 15% protein during 6 days (day 1-6); On day 7, their plasma metabolites and hormones concentrations will be monitored over 10 hours during which they will receive a breakfast and a lunch with no added sugar; on day 8, they will have a 75g oral glucose + 375 mg 13C-labelled glucose tolerance test, and their plasma glucose and insulin concentrations will be monitored over 4 hours; glucose kinetics will be measured by 6,6 deuterated glucose

Interventions

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENTadded sugar

isocaloric substitution of added sugars (honey or FG) for starch

Sponsors

Agroscope Liebfeld Posieux, Liebfeld-Bern Switzerland
CollaboratorUNKNOWN
Luc Tappy, MD
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
MALE
Age
18 Years to 30 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes

Inclusion criteria

* health volunteer

Exclusion criteria

* BMI \< 19.5 * BMI \> 25 * Smoker * Any disease * current treatment with any drug

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
plasma total triglyceride profile7-day dietary interventionplasma triglyceride concentrations measured before and after ingestion of a breakfast and a lunch

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
glucose tolerance7-day dietary interventionplasma glucose and insulin concentration and suppression of endogenous glucose production after ingestion of 75 g glucose

Countries

Switzerland

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026