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Pecans are a nutrient-dense food, but it is unknown whether substituting pecans for a portion of the butter in a traditional breakfast meal improves post-meal responses.
This study was a randomized, double-blind control trial consisting of 2 study visits for 2 different treatments. The treatments were high-fat breakfast muffins containing either butter (control) or pecans. The investigators recruited healthy, normal-weight adults between the ages of 15 and 45y. Study visits were completed in a random order with at least 72 hours between each visit. Anthropometrics, questionnaires, and fasting and postprandial blood samples were collected at each visit.
Hypothesis: The pecan-enriched meal will blunt the post-meal increase in glucose, insulin, triglycerides (TG), and lipid peroxidation while improving all measures of subjective appetite and TAC compared to the traditional meal without nuts.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Control | Active Comparator | Participants in this group received a traditional muffin with butter as the predominant source of fat. |
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| Pecan | Experimental | Participants in this group received a muffin in which part of the butter was substituted out for pecans. |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Control | Other | Participants in this group received a traditional muffin with butter as the predominant source of fat. |
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Change in triglycerides (TG) and glucose | TG (mg/dL) and glucose (mg/dL) | Change from baseline to 3 hours postprandially |
| Change in lipid peroxidation | Malondialdehyde (MDA) (uM) measured via Thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (TBARS) assay | Change from baseline to 3 hours postprandially |
| Change in total antioxidant capacity | Total antioxidant capacity (uM trolox equivalents) measured via Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity (ORAC) assay. | Change from baseline to 3 hours postprandially |
| Change in insulin | Insulin (uU/mL) | Change from baseline to 3 hours postprandially |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Change in angiopoietin-like proteins-3 (ANGPTL3) and -4 (ANGPTL4) responses | ANGPTL3 (pg/mL) and ANGPTL4 (pg/mL) | Change from baseline to 3 hours postprandially |
| Change in hunger and satiety responses |
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Inclusion Criteria:
Exclusion Criteria:
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Chad M Paton, PhD | University of Georgia | Principal Investigator |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| University of Georgia - Department of Foods and Nutrition & Department of Food Science and Technology | Athens | Georgia | 30602 | United States |
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| Pecan | Other | Participants in this group received a muffin in which part of the butter was substituted out for pecans. |
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Hunger, fullness, prospective consumption, and desire to eat measured via a Visual Analog Scale (VAS) (mm). The range of scores on the continuous VAS is 0-100 mm. Zero represents no hunger, fullness, prospective consumption, and desire to eat, while 100 represents the greatest feeling of these outcomes.
| Change from baseline to 3 hours postprandially |