NCT03779971

Energy Value of Lentils and Chickpeas

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 18 (actual)
• Sponsor: USDA Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center · Federal
• Sex: All
• Age: 25 Years – 75 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This study is being conducted to determine the digestibility of and available energy from pulses.

Detailed description

Previous studies have demonstrated that the metabolizable energy (energy available to the body) from tree nuts is less than predicted by the Atwater factors (the standard approach to determining calorie value of a food). The Atwater approach is over 100 years old and is inaccurate for some foods. This study will be conducted to determine the metabolizable energy from two pulses, lentils and chickpeas. The study will be a human nutrition intervention involving consumption of a controlled diet followed by collection of urine and feces.

Conditions

• Healthy Adults

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Control Diet	Participants will consume a diet prepared and provided by the USDA Nutrition Center. The diet will contain no pulses, legumes, or beans.
OTHER	Lentil Containing Diet	Participants will consume a diet prepared and provided by the USDA Nutrition Center. The diet will contain lentils.
OTHER	Chickpea Containing Diet	Participants will consume a diet prepared and provided by the USDA Nutrition Center. The diet will contain chickpeas.

Timeline

• Start date: 2019-11-06
• Primary completion: 2020-03-23
• Completion: 2020-03-23
• First posted: 2018-12-19
• Last updated: 2020-05-11

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States