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Filter by:The trial was a double-blind randomized dietary intervention study with a 1:1 allocation ratio, conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. This study compared two treatments, i.e., farmed fish fed with olive pomace enriched diet (enriched fish; EF) versus farmed fish fed with fish oil diet (conventional fish; CF), using a crossover design. The study lasted 22 weeks; treatment period one (8 weeks, mid-January-end of March), washout period (6 weeks), and treatment period two (8 weeks, mid-May-end of July). The participants were equally distributed to the two treatments along treatment periods. Eligible subjects were all adults aged between 30 and 65 years old with a body mass index (BMI) between 24.0 and 31.0 kg/m2 who met the eligibility criteria for habitual fish consumption (<150 g of cooked fish per week). Exclusion criteria were pregnancy, current or recent weight loss effort, use of dietary supplements and being under treatment for any medical disorder. Subjects were allowed to use medical treatment for thyroid gland disorders, iron or folic acid supplements, contraceptives or hormone replacement therapy (HRT) for women, provided they would continue receiving their medication throughout the study. The aim of the study was to evaluate the effects of consumption of fillets from differently fed farmed gilthead sea bream on markers of cardiometabolic health such as platelet aggregation, circulating haemostatic markers, markers of inflammation and oxidative stress.
The study is a single-dose acute clinical trial aiming at identifying aggregate metabolic phenotypes for the main dietary (poly)phenols and assessing the factors associated with their formation. The treatment consists of a nutritional challenge representative of the consumption of (poly)phenols in Europeans (so-called oral (poly)phenol challenge test, OPCT) and foresees the supplementation of three standardized tablets rich in (poly)phenols, prepared from various commercially available plant extracts constituting sources of specific (poly)phenols. Urinary excretion of (poly)phenol metabolites will be evaluated at 24 hours after tablet consumption or, for two subgroups of volunteers, at different time points for 24 hours upon tablet consumption. Blood pressure and heart rate will also be measured and anthropometric data collected. Information will be collected on genetic polymorphisms related to the metabolism of (poly)phenols, gene expression, standard cardiometabolic health biomarkers, cardiometabolic risk scores and gut microbiota profile, through the collection of urine, blood and stool samples. Volunteers will follow a (poly)phenol-free diet before and after the OPCT. To check compliance with food restrictions, a 24-hour recall will be carried out on each visit. For a sub-group of 50 subjects, 3 months after the first challenge, the OPCT will be repeated with further urinary and fecal collection.
Physical inactivity is one of the major contributing factors for the development of chronic diseases and highly correlated with increased all-cause mortality. In the last decade an exponential growth in research concerned with the study of sedentary behaviour and the potential for detrimental effects on health have been published. In this field increasing evidence suggests that prolonged periods of sedentary time, independent of the amount of physical activity, also increases the risk for the development of several chronic conditions and all-cause mortality. Here, sedentary behaviour is defined as "any waking behaviour, characterized by a low energy expenditure (≤1.5 METs), while being in a sitting or reclining posture". Interestingly, the advised moderate-to-vigorous bouts of exercise recommended by the various guidelines cannot compensate the negative impact on health risks arising from prolonged periods of sitting. In other words, it seems that people compensate their total amount of physical activity after exercise training by decreasing their physical activity levels throughout the rest of the day. Here, it appears that frequent, even low-intensity interruptions of periods of sitting are required for good cardiometabolic health. Therefore, not only physical activity but also prolonged sitting should be targeted to optimize cardiometabolic health. Nevertheless, a recent harmonized meta-syntheses indicated that the association between self-reported sitting with all-cause and cardiovascular disease mortality are only partially independent of physical activity, but were particularly evident in those who undertake insufficient physical activity (<150min/week). However, it is unclear whether high amounts of objectively measured physical activity attenuates or even eliminates the detrimental effects of prolonged sitting. In addition, it is still unclear whether high amounts of physical activity can preserve a healthy cardiometabolic risk profile, despite prolonged sitting. Therefore, in this study we want to investigate the association between sedentary behaviour, physical activity and cardiometabolic health in highly physically active adults.
Several studies over the last decades have demonstrated the important role of nutrition for either the prevention of chronic diseases, such as cardiovascular disease and cancer, or the increase of their risk. One dietary component with several health benefits as supported by several epidemiological and clinical studies is fish consumption. Both the European Society of Cardiology and the American Heart Association recommend the consumption of at least two servings of fish per week for protection against cardiovascular disease. Nevertheless, the growth of the human population and the rising consumers' awareness, result in a constantly increasing demand for the supply of fish. Aquaculture is significantly contributing to fish supplies all over the world and over the past few years, important breakthroughs have occurred in the replacement of fish oil, traditionally used in aquacultures, by plant oils in compounded fish feeds as a mean to improve the nutritional value of the produced fish. Under this perspective, the utilization of olive oil by-products, widely available in the Mediterranean countries, in fish feeds could result in significant economic and environmental impact. Therefore, the aim of the present double-blind, randomized, crossover clinical trial is to explore the potential cardioprotective properties of "elaiotsipoura", a novel sea bream fed with bioactive lipids isolated from olive oil by-products, against conventionally fed sea bream, in apparently healthy volunteers.
KORN investigates the effects of wholegrain oat and rye intake on health and cognitive wellbeing in children with overweight.
In response to the removal of trans fats from our foods, the food industry now uses interesterified (IE) fats. Randomly interesterified (IE) fats rich in palmitic (Europe) and stearic (North America) acids are the most commonly used IE fats by the food industry. Despite their widespread use, there has been no published research on the acute and chronic cardio-metabolic health effects of the most commonly consumed palmitic and stearic acid rich IE fats. The aim of InterSat is to investigate the postprandial and chronic effects of a diet rich in IE fats on cardiometabolic health.
The purpose of D-pro is to investigate the combined and separate effects of milk protein and vitamin D on bone health, growth, muscle function, body composition and cardiometabolic health in 6-8-year-old children.
To determine the effect of diet and lifestyle, particularly vegetarian diets on chronic degenerative disease outcomes in a cohort of Taiwanese Buddhists participants
The purpose of FiSK Junior is to investigate whether intake of oily fish compared to poultry affects cardiovascular risk markers, cognitive function, and behaviour in healthy children.