View clinical trials related to Metabolic Syndrome X.
Filter by:We want to investigate whether the food supplement resveratrol is able to counteract the detrimental effects of obesity.
The purpose of this study was to determine if a family-focused lifestyle intervention helps to improve the health status, behaviors, and adjustment of overweight children.
The purpose of this study is to examine the effects of Vitamin D supplementation on the reasons (mechanisms) underlying the development of type 2 diabetes, metabolic syndrome (high blood pressure, cholesterol, diabetes, body weight/obesity), muscle weakness and wasting (sarcopenia), and impaired physical function (poor balance and walking) associated with vitamin D deficiency and osteopenia/osteoporosis (bone loss). The investigators obtain vitamin D through our diet and sunlight, and its conversion to active vitamins in the liver and kidneys promotes the intestinal absorption of calcium and regulation of bone growth. Therefore, vitamin D deficiency has been known for years to lead to weakened bones (osteopenia and osteoporosis). However, more recently, studies show vitamin D deficiency is associated with a number of other diseases, including type 2 diabetes, muscle weakness, frailty, and the metabolic syndrome. It has also been associated with cognitive impairment. Diabetes affects multiple organ systems including the heart, kidneys, musculoskeletal and nervous system. The possibility that vitamin D deficiency is linked to the development of type 2 diabetes, metabolic syndrome, muscle weakness and wasting (sarcopenia) and osteopenia/osteoporosis, and that vitamin D supplementation decreases the risk for these diseases, provides a relatively easy/accessible and inexpensive model of preventive therapy to decrease the incidence of these diseases. In addition, it is likely that genetic (inherited) factors play a role, but the relationship of these genes to these metabolic abnormalities have not been elucidated. Understanding the role of Vitamin D in health will allow us to translate these findings into therapy.
This study will compare how well a combination of borage and echium oils will reduce inflammation compared to fish oils and placebo oil in subjects that are diabetic or have metabolic syndrome.
High blood pressure (hypertension) is an important cause of myocardial infarction and stroke. High blood pressure often occurs in people who are overweight. These people frequently also have abnormal fat and sugar metabolism. The combination of these problems is called the 'metabolic syndrome'. People with hypertension and obesity currently receive the same drug therapy as people with hypertension, but without obesity. Different classes of drugs are thought to be equally effective in lowering blood pressure. Next to lowering blood pressure, hypertension treatment can have additional effects, like changes in blood vessel function (the ability to dilate and constrict) or changes is the metabolism of sugar and fat. Particularly in patients with the metabolic syndrome, these additional effects are thought to be of great importance, because they can influence the risk for cardiovascular diseases. The blood pressure lowering mechanism differs between classes of blood pressure lowering medication. The purpose of this study is to compare the effects of three types of blood pressure lowering medication belonging to different classes. The main outcomes of interest will be blood vessel function (the ability to dilate and constrict) and blood pressure. Moreover, the effect of treatment on additional outcomes, like metabolism of sugar and fat, will be studied.
Protandim will decrease markers of oxidative stress/inflammation in subjects with metabolic syndrome and proteomics will identify protein profiles that correlate with markers or/changes in oxidative stress.
Hypogonadism (HG) frequently complicates the Metabolic Syndrome (MetS), whether testosterone replacement (TRT) is beneficial has not been clearly ascertained. This study was designed to address the effects of TRT on insulin resistance, body composition and pro-inflammatory status in naïve patients with MetS and HG.
To evaluate the effect of Metamin 3D on improvement of glucose and lipid on Taiwanese subjects with metabolic syndrome.
10 healthy male volunteers will be studied after - a 6 day weight maintenance, balanced diet - a 6 days weight maintenance, balanced diet supplemented with 3 grams fructose/kg body weight/day - a 6 days weight maintenance, balanced diet supplemented with 3 grams fructose/kg body weight/day and 20g amino-acids per day At the end of each 6 days period, the following measurements will be obtained - intrahepatic lipids (1H-MRS) - metabolic effects of fructose ingestion (measurement of substrate oxidation, gluconeogenesis from fructose, palmitate synthesis from fructose, plasma VLDL-kinetics) This is a randomized, double blinded study
In this study, the effects of dietary intake of cold-pressed turnip rapeseed oil (CTPRO) and milk fat are compared in men with metabolic syndrome having already participated in HMS-02 study.