Post-prandial Glucose in Healthy Subjects

Effect of Different Levels of Plant-based Ingredients on Post-prandial Glucose in Healthy Subjects

The study is designed to determine the extent to which foods containing different levels of plant-based ingredients affect blood glucose responses in healthy subjects.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Willing to give consent to participate in the study in writing;
• Healthy male and female subjects, between the age of ≥20 and ≤50 yrs of age at first screening visit;
• Body Mass Index (BMI) between ≥18 and ≤ 25 kg/m2;
• Apparently healthy: no medical conditions which might affect study measurement, as judged by study physician and/or measured by questionnaire, and/or assessed by haematology, blood chemistry and urinalysis;
• Willing to comply to study protocol during the study;
• Agreeing to be informed about medically relevant personal test-results by study physician;
• Willing to refrain from drinking of alcohol on and one day before the blood withdrawal;
• Fasting blood glucose value of volunteer is ≥ 3.4 and ≤ 6.1 mmol/litre (i.e. 62-110 mg/dl) at screening;
• Haemoglobin level within clinically acceptable range (for male 12 to 17 gm/dL and for females 11 to 15 gm / dL; both inclusive) as judged by the research physician.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Being an employee of Unilever or CRO;
• Chronic smokers, tobacco chewers and drinkers;
• Participation in any other biomedical study 3 months before screening visit day of this study and/or participating in any other biomedical study during the screening period;
• Use of medication which interferes with study measurements including vitamins, tonics;
• Reported intense exercise ≥10 h/week;
• Reported weight loss/gain ≥ 10% of body weight in the 6 months preceding screening
• Blood donation for 2 months prior to screening;
• Urine analysis that showed any drug abuse;
• Allergy to any food or cosmetics;
• If female, not being pregnant or planning pregnancy during the study period;
• If female, lactating or has been lactating for 6 weeks before pre-study investigation and/or during the study period.