Developing Biomarkers of Dietary Intake
| Status: | Recruiting |
|---|---|
| Conditions: | Healthy Studies |
| Therapuetic Areas: | Other |
| Healthy: | No |
| Age Range: | 18 - 65 |
| Updated: | 4/5/2019 |
| Start Date: | October 24, 2010 |
| Contact: | Susanne Votruba, Ph.D. |
| Email: | votrubas@mail.nih.gov |
| Phone: | (602) 200-5336 |
Background:
- Researchers who study health and nutrition are interested in developing more accurate
methods of determining what people eat from day to day and how it affects their general
health. In particular, better methods are needed to determine if people are accurately
remembering what they ate. One possible method involves the use of biomarkers, or indicators
in urine, blood, saliva, fat, and hair, which are related to the intake of a particular food
in a consistent way. One set of biomarkers in blood samples and hair may be used to determine
the relative amount of meat, fish, and soda (corn/sugar cane) in a person s diet. However,
more research is needed to study the effectiveness of using these biomarkers to accurately
track dietary intake.
Objectives:
- To validate the use of biomarkers as representative of specific dietary intake patterns
(meat/fish/soda).
Eligibility:
- Healthy, nondiabetic men between 18 and 65 years of age.
Design:
- This study involves an initial screening visit and a 12-13 week inpatient dietary study
period.
- Participants will be screened with a medical history and physical examination, as well
as blood and urine samples and a glucose tolerance test to exclude individuals who have
diabetes.
- After 3 days of a standard weight-maintaining diet, participants will have a glucose
tolerance test and a body fat scan; provide hair, blood, and fat tissue samples; and
complete questionnaires and performance tests.
- Participants will spend one day in a metabolic chamber to measure their energy
expenditure and general metabolism.
- Participants will then be randomized into one of eight carefully designed diets for 12
weeks. The diets will differ in the amount of meat, fish, and soda, including one diet
where none of the three biomarker-related foods will be permitted. Blood samples will be
collected throughout the study diet period.
- At the end of the 12-week study diet period, participants will provide additional hair,
blood, and fat tissue samples, and will have a second metabolism assessment in the
metabolic chamber.
- Researchers who study health and nutrition are interested in developing more accurate
methods of determining what people eat from day to day and how it affects their general
health. In particular, better methods are needed to determine if people are accurately
remembering what they ate. One possible method involves the use of biomarkers, or indicators
in urine, blood, saliva, fat, and hair, which are related to the intake of a particular food
in a consistent way. One set of biomarkers in blood samples and hair may be used to determine
the relative amount of meat, fish, and soda (corn/sugar cane) in a person s diet. However,
more research is needed to study the effectiveness of using these biomarkers to accurately
track dietary intake.
Objectives:
- To validate the use of biomarkers as representative of specific dietary intake patterns
(meat/fish/soda).
Eligibility:
- Healthy, nondiabetic men between 18 and 65 years of age.
Design:
- This study involves an initial screening visit and a 12-13 week inpatient dietary study
period.
- Participants will be screened with a medical history and physical examination, as well
as blood and urine samples and a glucose tolerance test to exclude individuals who have
diabetes.
- After 3 days of a standard weight-maintaining diet, participants will have a glucose
tolerance test and a body fat scan; provide hair, blood, and fat tissue samples; and
complete questionnaires and performance tests.
- Participants will spend one day in a metabolic chamber to measure their energy
expenditure and general metabolism.
- Participants will then be randomized into one of eight carefully designed diets for 12
weeks. The diets will differ in the amount of meat, fish, and soda, including one diet
where none of the three biomarker-related foods will be permitted. Blood samples will be
collected throughout the study diet period.
- At the end of the 12-week study diet period, participants will provide additional hair,
blood, and fat tissue samples, and will have a second metabolism assessment in the
metabolic chamber.
Studies of health and nutrition use a variety of tools to determine what people eat from day
to day. Unfortunately, most of the methods used are not accurate for a variety of reasons and
do not provide solid information on which to base health recommendations or public policy. In
general, when people are asked to keep track of what they eat or recall what they have eaten
in the past, they make mistakes in estimating both amounts and specifics of what was eaten.
New tools that can help determine if people are accurately remembering what they ate are
desperately needed.
Biomarkers are things that can be measured (in urine, blood, hair, etc.) which are related to
the intake of a particular food in a consistent way and may therefore be more accurate than a
food record. One set of biomarkers that may be used are naturally occurring (present in all
foods) stable isotopes of carbon and nitrogen to determine the relative amount of meat, fish,
and soda (corn/sugar cane) in a person s diet. These isotopes can be measured in blood
samples and hair.
The aim of this study is to validate the use of stable isotope biomarkers as representative
of specific dietary intake patterns (meat/fish/soda). This study will be an inpatient study
in which highly specific diets will be fed to volunteers for ~12 weeks and stable isotopes
will be measured in blood and hair. The ultimate goal is to develop biomarkers to be used to
validate food intake patterns in outpatient clinical and epidemiological studies.
to day. Unfortunately, most of the methods used are not accurate for a variety of reasons and
do not provide solid information on which to base health recommendations or public policy. In
general, when people are asked to keep track of what they eat or recall what they have eaten
in the past, they make mistakes in estimating both amounts and specifics of what was eaten.
New tools that can help determine if people are accurately remembering what they ate are
desperately needed.
Biomarkers are things that can be measured (in urine, blood, hair, etc.) which are related to
the intake of a particular food in a consistent way and may therefore be more accurate than a
food record. One set of biomarkers that may be used are naturally occurring (present in all
foods) stable isotopes of carbon and nitrogen to determine the relative amount of meat, fish,
and soda (corn/sugar cane) in a person s diet. These isotopes can be measured in blood
samples and hair.
The aim of this study is to validate the use of stable isotope biomarkers as representative
of specific dietary intake patterns (meat/fish/soda). This study will be an inpatient study
in which highly specific diets will be fed to volunteers for ~12 weeks and stable isotopes
will be measured in blood and hair. The ultimate goal is to develop biomarkers to be used to
validate food intake patterns in outpatient clinical and epidemiological studies.
- INCLUSION CRITERIA:
- Body mass index less than or equal to 35 kg/m(2) to minimize the impact of body size
on isotope measurements.
- Males 18-65 years old will be recruited for this study. Minors under the age of 18
will be excluded because the time requirements of the study are such that they would
interfere with school schedules.
Healthy, as determined by medical history, physical examination, and laboratory tests.
EXCLUSION CRITERIA:
- Current smoking
- Female sex
- Baldness or hair less than 2 cm in length
- Medically- or self-imposed dietary restrictions that would limit a participant s
ability/willingness to consume the diet to which they are randomized.
- Type 2 diabetes (according to the World Health Organization diagnostic criteria)
- Endocrine disorders (Cushing s Disease, pituitary disorders, and hypo- and
hyperthyroidism)
- Chronic pulmonary disorders, including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, that
would limit ability to follow the protocol (investigator judgment) and obstructive
sleep apnea syndrome; only subjects with mild or exercise-induced asthma on no
medications or on beta-adrenergic agonists only (such as albuterol) will be allowed to
enter the study (provided use of these agents is not required for one week before
study entry).
- Cardiovascular diseases (coronary heart disease, heart failure, arrhythmias, and
peripheral artery disease)
- Hypertension (blood pressure measurement higher than 140/90 mm Hg on two or more
occasions or use of anti-hypertensive medications)
- Diagnosed gastrointestinal diseases, including inflammatory bowel diseases (e.g.,
Crohn s disease and ulcerative colitis), malabsorption syndromes (e.g., celiac
disease), gastric ulcer (active); only subjects with gastro-esophageal reflux will be
allowed to enter the study
- Presence of a pacemaker or other implantable devices
- Liver disease (cirrhosis, active hepatitis B or C, and AST or ALT greater than or
equal to 1.5 x normal)
- Renal disease (serum creatinine concentrations greater than or equal to 1.5 mg/dl
and/or greater than 100mg/dl of protein based on urine dipstick)
- Central nervous system disease (cerebrovascular accidents, dementia, and
neurodegenerative disorders)
- Cancer requiring treatment in the past five years, except for non-melanoma skin
cancers or cancers that have clearly been cured or in the opinion of the investigator
carry an excellent prognosis
- Alcohol (more than 3 drinks per day) and/or drug abuse (such as amphetamines, cocaine,
heroin, or marijuana)
- Current or past history of: bipolar disorder, schizophrenia or presence of psychotic
symptoms, bulimia nervosa or anorexia nervosa, or current major depressive disorder
- Weight change of plus or minus 5% in the last 3 months
Conditions not specifically mentioned above may serve as criteria for exclusion at the
discretion of the investigators. Additionally, potential subjects might be excluded if they
demonstrate a style of interpersonal relationships that would inhibit successful completion
of the study.
Non-English speaking subjects as a population will be excluded from participation in this
protocol. One of the secondary hypotheses of the protocol relates to a battery of
psychological questionnaires and performances tests which are administered to the
volunteers at the beginning and end of the study. There are currently no validated,
translated forms of these questionnaires and tests available; therefore we will restrict
enrollment to English speaking subjects only.
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