Blood Pressure, Heart Rate, Blood Glucose
Conditions
Keywords
Coffee, Honey-sweetened coffee, Black tea, Honey-sweetened black tea, Green Tea, Honey-sweetened green tea, Blood pressure, Heart rate, Blood glucose
Brief summary
The goal of this clinical trial is to investigate whether a three-day consumption of honey-sweetened black tea, green tea, and coffee will have an effect on blood pressure, heart rate, and blood glucose. The main questions it aims to answer are: Does honey-sweetened black tea, green tea, and coffee, respectively, have the ability to influence blood pressure, heart rate, or blood glucose level? Research will compare honey-sweetened black tea, green tea, and coffee to a placebo (warm water) to see if honey-sweetened black tea, green tea, and coffee work to reduce or increase blood pressure, heart rate, or blood glucose. Participants will: Take honey-sweetened black tea, green tea, and coffee, OR plain black tea, green tea, and coffee, OR warm water, one cup a day for 3 days The beverages will be taken at the Physiology laboratory, University of Uyo, and the participants will be observed for 60 minutes, during which their blood pressure, heart rate, and blood glucose level will be measured. This procedure will be repeated for the 3 days of study.
Interventions
OTHERWarm water at 35 oC
The placebo for the control group
OTHERCoffee
Instant coffee, Nescafé Gold Blend, manufactured by Nestlé Coffee Brand, Nestlé Global
OTHERHoney-sweetened coffee
Instant coffee plus raw dark amber honey produced by Apis mellifera adansonii
OTHERGreen tea
Qualitea Natural Green Tea, packed by Qualitea Ceylon (PVT) LTD
OTHERHoney-sweetened green tea
Green tea plus honey
OTHERBlack tea
Lipton Yellow Label Black Tea
OTHERHoney-sweetened black tea
Black tea plus honey
Sponsors
University of Uyo Teaching Hospital
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
FEMALE
Age
18 Years to 26 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria are as follows: * Age between 18 and 26 * Non-habitual coffee and tea drinkers who consume coffee, green tea, or black tea 2-5 times in the last two months * Non-allergic to coffee, green tea, black tea, or honey * Absence of medication use * Will refrain from ingesting energy drinks, carbonated beverages, caffeinated beverages, or food for 24 hours before the study and throughout the study periods * Will not consume anything except water after 11 p.m. during the experimental days Will be available and cooperate throughout the study duration.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Blood pressure | Will be measured before consumption of the beverages and at 15, 30, 45, and 60 minutes after consumption of the beverages. This procedure will be repeated for 3 consecutive days. |
| Heart rate | Will be measured before consumption of the beverages and at 15, 30, 45, and 60 minutes after consumption of the beverages. This procedure will be repeated for 3 consecutive days. |
| Blood glucose | Will be measured before consumption of the beverages and at 30 and 60 minutes after consumption of the beverages. This procedure will be repeated for 3 consecutive days. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Age | Will obtained during the eligibility process |
| Height | Will be measured on the first day of the experiment before the commencement of the experiment. |
| Body weight | Measurements will be taken over the course of the 3-day study prior to the commencement of the experiment each day. |
Countries
Nigeria
Outcome results
None listed