NCT01378767

Health Benefits of a 21-day Daniel Fast

Biochemical, Hemodynamic, and Anthropometric Effects of a 21-day Daniel Fast in Men and Women

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 39 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Memphis · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The investigators hypothesized that individuals supplementing with krill oil capsules (two grams per day) would experience enhanced improvements in health-related variables during a 21-day Daniel Fast.

Detailed description

One of the main purposes of the this investigation was to determine if krill oil supplementation (two grams per day for 21 days) enhances the effects of a 21-day Daniel Fast, particularly in regards to blood lipids and lipid peroxidation. The investigators were also interested in determining if adiponectin and/or resistin change in response to the fast, as these adipokines could potentially mediate the favorable glucoregulatory changes the investigators observed in our initial investigation of a 21-day Daniel Fast. Finally, the investigators sought to determine the changes in macronutrient and micronutrient intake during a Daniel Fast, and how these dietary changes affect our selected hemodynamic, anthropometric, blood lipid, glucoregulatory, oxidative stress, inflammatory, renal, and hepatic biomarkers.

Conditions

• Effects of Krill Oil on Human Health

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT	Krill oil supplementation	During a 21-day Daniel Fast, group one supplemented with krill oil capsules (two grams per day) while group two supplemented with a placebo (coconut oil capsules at two grams per day).

Timeline

• Start date: 2010-09-01
• Primary completion: 2010-12-01
• Completion: 2010-12-01
• First posted: 2011-06-22
• Last updated: 2011-06-22

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States