The Effects of Orange Juice on Plasma Lipids

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

36 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2011-05-31

Study Completion Date

2013-02-28

Brief Summary

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The aim of this study is primarily to investigate the ability of antioxidants found in orange juice (OJ) to improve the serum lipid profile. Overweight or mildly obese men, who are otherwise healthy, but with elevated serum total cholesterol concentration will be recruited. The time commitment for subjects is \~14wks. Subjects will attend the laboratory on 5 occasions after fasting from midnight. The 1st is a medical screening. Laboratory visits 2 \& 5 will take \~90min and will be separated by 3 months, during which time subjects will consume 250ml of an orange drink (either OJ or an orange flavoured control drink) once a day. During visits 2 \& 5, subjects will have a scan to assess their %body fat using a low-dose x-ray machine, a 20ml blood sample taken and a small sample of fat tissue (about the size of a haricot bean)taken from underneath the skin of the belly. Subjects will record their food intake for 3-days in weeks 3, 7 and 11 of consuming the drink, and come to the lab for visits 3\&4 during weeks 4\&8. Laboratory visits 3\&4 repeat measurements taken in the 1st (screening) visit.

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Detailed Description

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Background:

Overweight and mild obesity are associated with insulin resistance and mild elevations in lipid risk factors which are not usually sufficiently abnormal to merit treatment. Such people are encouraged to lose weight to reduce their risk of progressing to type 2 diabetes and coronary heart disease, but there is clearly a potential role for dietary modifications to maximize any potential benefit of this weight loss. Flavonoids are known to have vascular effects which might enhance substrate delivery to metabolically active tissues, and thus improve insulin sensitivity. Moreover, there is much interest in the potentially beneficial effect of flavonoids on serum lipid profile.

There are many different dietary sources of flavonoids, with fruits such as apples, berries and citrus being rich sources. However, some researchers have expressed concern that a high dietary intake of 100% juice may contribute to the development of insulin resistance, obesity and the Metabolic Syndrome (Bazzano, Li et al. 2008), although this is not universally accepted (Fujioka, Greenway et al. 2006; O'Neil and Nicklas 2008). To date, there have been no studies investigating the effects of citrus fruits on indices of cardio-metabolic health in people who are presently healthy but are at risk of developing some features of the Metabolic Syndrome.

Aims:

To investigate the effects of orange juice (OJ) intake on appetite hormones, blood pressure and plasma lipids. In addition we aim to investigate any gene expression changes associated with OJ consumption, in particular in adipose tissue.

Experimental protocol and methods:

Overweight or obese men (BMI 27-35), who are otherwise healthy, will be recruited onto the study. They will attend the 'David Greenfield Human Physiology' laboratories on 5 convenient mornings, following an overnight fast. The 1st visit is a medical screening and will involve signing a consent form, completing medical screening, food frequency and activity questionnaires, having height, weight, and hip/waist circumference measurements taken and a sample of blood taken for CBC, urea, electrolytes, LFT, TFT, glucose and insulin analysis. Subjects will then be asked to complete a 3-day diet diary for macronutrient assessment. The 2nd visit will involve having a DEXA body composition scan, an adipose tissue biopsy and a blood sample taken for white blood cell harvest, serum lipids, glucose, insulin, cytokines, appetite hormones and catecholamine analysis. Starting on the following morning, subjects will then consume an orange drink (either OJ or a carbohydrate matched orange flavoured drink) once a day for 12 wks. A 3-day diet diary for macronutrient assessment will be recorded during wks 3,7and 11 of taking the drink, and measurements made at screening will be repeated on visits 3 and 4 which will take place in weeks 4 and 8. The final laboratory (5th) visit will be identical to visit 2.

Conditions

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Insulin Resistance Obesity Dyslipidemia

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

BASIC_SCIENCE

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Participants

Study Groups

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Orange Juice

Juice high in flavonoids

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Orange Juice

Intervention Type DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

250ml of orange juice or a sugars matched orange drink daily

Orange Drink

Sugars matched, low flavonoids orange drink

Group Type PLACEBO_COMPARATOR

Orange Juice

Intervention Type DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

250ml of orange juice or a sugars matched orange drink daily

Interventions

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Orange Juice

250ml of orange juice or a sugars matched orange drink daily

Intervention Type DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* BMI 27-35
* waist circumference \>96cm.
* Serum Total Cholesterol \>5mmol/l

Exclusion Criteria

* Any clinically significant metabolic or endocrine abnormalities
* screening blood results (other than lipids) outside of the normal range
* fasting total cholesterol \>7.0mmol/l
* taking routine medication
* herbal supplement use
* food allergies or sensitivities related to the investigational product Regular citrus consumers (whole fruit or juice) daily consumption of sucrose or high fructose corn syrup containing soft-drinks

Minimum Eligible Age

40 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

60 Years

Eligible Sex

MALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes