Title
Effects of a snack enriched with carob and undaria pinnatifida (Wakame) on metabolic parameters in a double blind, randomized clinical trial in obese patients
Other title
[Efectos de un aperitivo enriquecido con algarroba y undaria pinnatifida (Wakame) sobre los parámetros bioquímicos en un ensayo clínico doble ciego y aleatorizado de pacientes obesos]
Date Issued
01 January 2020
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Izaola O.
Primo D.
Bargés D.R.
Martín-Diana A.B.
Miranda J.
de Luis D.A.
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas
Publisher(s)
ARAN Ediciones S.A.
Abstract
Introduction: the composition of snack foods likely influences the overall effect that snacking has on metabolism and obesity. The objective of the current study was to assess the responses to two different snacks, one of them supplemented with wakame and carobs, on cardiovascular risk factors, satiety, and subsequent food intake in obese subjects with metabolic syndrome. Material and methods: forty patients were randomized in a clinical trial (NCT03420989, clinicaltrial.gov) to group I (enriched snack, n = 16) or group II (control snack, n = 16). At baseline and after 8 weeks biochemical parameters, dietary intakes, and nutritional status were assessed. The subjects also rated their feelings of satiety/hunger with a test meal. Results: no differences were detected in anthropometric parameters between both snacks. Changes in other parameters were detected in patients with enriched snacks, with a significant decrease in LDL-cholesterol by 7.4 % (intervention snack,-8.9 ± 2.3 mg/dL vs control snack,-0.9 ± 3.3 mg/dL; p = 0.03), in total cholesterol by 5.8 % (intervention snack,-10.4 ± 2.9 mg/dL vs control snack,-1.4 ± 3.2 mg/dL; p = 0.02), and in resistin level by 15.9 % (intervention snack,-1.0 ± 0.2 mg/dL vs control snack,-0.1 ± 0.3 mg/dL: p = 0.03). After the test meal, satiety scores (after 20 min and 40 min) were higher than fasting levels in both groups. The same results were obtained with the 100-mm, 5-point visual satiety scale. Conclusion: our study indicates that a wakame-and carob-enriched snack induces a significant decrease in total cholesterol, LDL-cholesterol, and resistin levels when compared to a control snack, without effects on food consumption, other cardiovascular parameters, or anthropometric parameters.
Start page
465
End page
473
Volume
37
Issue
3
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Ciencias médicas, Ciencias de la salud
Bioquímica, Biología molecular
Anatomía, Morfología
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85087919703
PubMed ID
Source
Nutricion Hospitalaria
ISSN of the container
02121611
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción Científica
Scopus