None. This research only includes healthy, but trained, male participants: participants without any health problems with a BMI within the normal range.
Conditions
Interventions
Participants will receive a "Ontbijtkoek" (with water), banana (with water) or water alone (control condition) randomly on 3 separate test days.
Sponsors
Maastricht University
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Measured during screening: • Blood pressure: diastolic blood pressure between 60 and 90 mmHg and a systolic blood pressure between 100 and 150 mmHg • Body Mass Index (BMI; weight/length2) between 18 and 25 kg/m2 • Subjects have to be healthy (self reported) and are not allowed to use medication that can interfere with the current study (drugs that are not allowed during the study are listed in section 4.3 Exclusion criteria). • Participants must be trained cyclists / triathletes and be in possession of a positive sports examination or a competition licence. Furthermore, the subjects must have: • Normal Dutch dietary eating habits (no vegetarian, vegan or macrobiotic lifestyle) • To participate voluntary (give written informed consent) • To be willing to comply with the study procedures • To be willing to accept use and storage of all data, publication of nameless data • To be willing to accept the disclosure of the financial benefit to participation in the study to the authorities concerned.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: • Recent participation in any clinical trial (2kg in the month prior to the pre-study screening • Reported slimming or medically prescribed diet • Reported vegan, vegetarian or macrobiotic lifestyle • Use of antibiotics during the last three months • Smoking • Pregnant or lactating or wishing to become pregnant in the period of the study • Not having a general practitioner • Not willing to accept information-transfer concerning participation in the study, or information regarding health of the subject, like findings at anamnesis or physical examination and eventual adverse events to and from general practitioner • The subject will be excluded from the study if he / she does not want to be informed about deviating findings / accidental findings concerning his / her health • The following drugs are not allowed during the study: 1. Anti-hypertensive drugs 2. Lipid lowering-drugs 3. Glucose-lowering agents. 4. Anti-inflammatory agents 5. Chronic oral or parenteral corticosteroids treatment (> 7 consecutive days of treatment). 6. Laxatives or anti-diarrhea drugs
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Time trial performance after consumption of "Ontbijkoek" with water / banana with water or just water. | — |
Contacts
Public ContactDenise Hofman
Department of Human Biology Maastricht University Medical Centre+ (MUMC+) PO Box 616
Outcome results
None listed