Children Clinical Trial
Official title:
Assessment of the Protein Quality of Cereal Grains in School-aged Children
This study will evaluate how much of the essential amino acid lysine school-aged children are using for protein synthesis when consuming different cereal grains. Six healthy children between 6-10y will be recruited. They will be given cooked white rice, corn, oats, black beans, and milk. Using a minimally invasive technique, the amount of lysine that is available from cereal grain products will be determined. With the results from this research project accurate diet recommendations will be developed for children consuming cereal-based diets.
Purpose The purpose of this research project is to implement the minimally invasive Indicator
Amino Acid Oxidation (IAAO) method in healthy school-aged children to measure the metabolic
availability of the essential amino acid lysine obtained from commonly consumed cereal grains
and their breakfast counterparts. Additionally, the difference in metabolic availability
through complementation of breakfast cereals with milk will be assessed.
Hypothesis The use of the IAAO method will yield a higher lysine metabolic availability for
those cereal grains that have the least amount of fibre in the food matrix. Combining the
consumption of cereals with milk will increase the metabolic availability of lysine.
Justification Cereal grains and their derived products are the most commonly consumed food
group around the world. From traditional foods such as steamed rice, corn tortillas, and
wheat bread to relatively modern products like ready-to-eat breakfast cereals. Up to 80% of
the energy intake in developing countries comes from this food group. Given that they are
considered as a low protein quality food source, a considerable amount of the world's
population could potentially be at risk of lysine deficiency. Especially, children living in
underdeveloped countries where complementation with other food sources, such as legumes,
dairy, or other animal products, is not an available option. Since lysine is the limiting
amino acid in cereals, this study is of great importance not only for its nutritional value,
but also for its social and economic impact.
Current lysine recommendations for school-aged children are based on factorial calculations
performed on results of adult male studies. To develop the Lysine EAR (Estimated Average
Requirement) for growing children, these studies use adult lysine maintenance requirements
multiplied by estimated rates of protein deposition and the efficiency of this deposition.
Additionally, these studies do not measure lysine's bioavailability, which will vary
depending on the food sources and the processing techniques used to preserve them. With these
limitations in mind, the IAAO method has the capacity to accurately measure amino acid
metabolic availability in different populations groups, such as healthy and malnourished
children. Metabolic availability refers to the amount of absorbed amino acids that are used
for protein synthesis. It takes into account all amino acid losses from digestion,
absorption, metabolic utilization, and endogenous losses.
Previously, this method was used to determine lysine metabolic availability of rice in
healthy adults. This is the only study of this nature done for any human food source.
Currently, there is no information available regarding lysine's metabolic availability from
corn, wheat, milk and any breakfast cereal. Previously the IAAO method has successfully been
implemented in healthy Canadian and Indian children to measure lysine requirements.
Additionally, lysine requirement studies has been preformed in moderately undernourished
Indian children with parasitic intestinal infections. The study conclusions were that,
undernourished children require around 20% more lysine than their healthy counterparts. In
these cases it is not only important to know the lysine content of a food source, but also
it's metabolic availability, to develop accurate interventions that will have a better chance
to meet children's daily requirements.
Given that childhood is a critical period for optimal growth and development, a comprehensive
study of lysine's metabolic availability in commonly consumed cereal grains is needed to
develop adequate interventions and recommendations, targeted to prevent stunting and other
signs of malnourishment in at risk populations around the world.
Objective The general objective of this research project is to assess the degree in which
cereal food sources can meet lysine amino acid requirements in healthy school-aged children.
The specific objective us to:
- Determine the metabolic availability of lysine from rice, corn, oats, black beans and milk
using the IAAO method in healthy school-aged children.
Research Design This is a repeated measures study design involving 1 pre-study visit and 8
study visits approximately one week apart from each other.
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