NCT01334840

Mechanism of Action of Vichy Catalan Water

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 21 (actual)
• Sponsor: National Research Council, Spain · Other Government
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 40 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Water consumption is essential to maintain hydration and good health. Sodium-bicarbonated mineral waters are reported to have beneficial digestive and hypocholesterolemic properties. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of the consumption of a sodium-bicarbonated mineral water (BW) with or without a meal, compared to a low mineral content water as a control water (CW), on postprandial serum triacylglycerols (TAG), cholecystokinin (CCK), and gallbladder volume.

Conditions

• Cardiovascular Diseases

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT	Bicarbonated mineral water	Volunteers fasted overnight consumed: 0.5 L of the bicarbonated mineral water without meal or, 0.5 L of the bicarbonated mineral water with meal
DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT	Mineral water low in mineral content (control)	Volunteers fasted overnight consumed: 0.5 L of the control water without meal or, 0.5 L of the control water with meal

Timeline

• Start date: 2009-11-01
• Primary completion: 2010-05-01
• Completion: 2010-07-01
• First posted: 2011-04-13
• Last updated: 2014-07-30

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Spain