The Healthy Cookie Study: Understanding How Healthy Cookies Affect Fat in the Blood,

Overview

The purpose of this study is to understand how consuming healthy cookies every day for two weeks will affect different types of fat in the blood. Specifically, the overall goal of this study is to find out if the healthy cookies can increase a polyunsaturated fat called linoleic acid in plasma, red blood cells and white blood cells.

Study Type

  • Study Type: Interventional
  • Study Design
    • Allocation: Randomized
    • Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
    • Primary Purpose: Treatment
    • Masking: Triple (Participant, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
  • Study Primary Completion Date: January 1, 2025

Detailed Description

Overall, linoleic acid has many health benefits including altering body composition and energy metabolism, possibly through its impact on cardiolipin. It is therefore imperative to develop foods products that allow for Americans to easily increase their intake of linoleic acid. It's also important to understand the mechanism in which linoleic acid exerts these positive health effects, particularly in states of muscle mass and quality loss associated with mitochondria dysfunction. The investigators plan to test the central hypothesis and accomplish the overall objective of this research by pursuing the following three specific aims Aim 1: To determine the extent to which cookies, made with grapeseed oil , increase linoleic acid in plasma, red blood cells (RBCs), and peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) fraction of blood after two weeks consumption Aim 2: To determine the extent to which cookies, made with grapeseed oil, increase cardiolipin and linoleic acid content of cardiolipin in PBMCs after two weeks of consumption Aim 3: To determine and compare the acceptability of consuming cookies made with grapeseed oil or high oleic safflower oil every day for two weeks

Interventions

  • Other: High Linoleic Acid Healthy Cookies
  • Other: High Oleic Acid Healthy Cookies

Arms, Groups and Cohorts

  • Experimental: High Linoleic Acid Healthy Cookies
    • High Linoleic Acid Healthy Cookies (10g grapeseed oil) 1 per day for 2 weeks Phase 1: N=39 adults single arm Phase 2: N=42 adults
  • Placebo Comparator: High Oleic Acid Healthy Cookies
    • High Oleic Acid Healthy Cookies (10g safflower oil) 1 per day for 2 weeks Matched for Phase 2: N=42 adults

Clinical Trial Outcome Measures

Primary Measures

  • Changes in fasting fatty acid levels
    • Time Frame: Baseline through Week 02
    • Linoleic acid content of fasting blood samples
  • Changes in cardiolipin
    • Time Frame: Baseline through Week 02
    • Cardiolipin content in fasting blood samples
  • Acceptability of Cookies
    • Time Frame: Baseline through Week 02
    • 9-point sensory evaluation of healthy cookies

Secondary Measures

  • Correlation of linoleic acid in the blood with body strength
    • Time Frame: Baseline through Week 02
    • grip strength measurement
  • Correlation of linoleic acid in the blood with body movement
    • Time Frame: Baseline through Week 02
    • gait speed measurement
  • Correlation of linoleic acid in blood with body size
    • Time Frame: Baseline through Week 02
    • Body Mass Index measurement
  • Correlation of linoleic acid in blood with body shape
    • Time Frame: Baseline through Week 02
    • Abdominal thickness measurement
  • Correlation of linoleic acid in blood with sleep
    • Time Frame: Baseline through Week 02
    • Sleeping questionnaire
  • Correlation of linoleic acid in blood with physical activity
    • Time Frame: Baseline through Week 02
    • Physical Activity questionnaire
  • Correlation of fatty acids in blood with diet
    • Time Frame: Baseline through Week 02
    • omega-3 fat intake questionnaire

Participating in This Clinical Trial

Inclusion Criteria

  • Nonsmokers Exclusion Criteria:

  • Current or previous diagnosis of diabetes, heart (including stroke or heart attack), kidney, liver or circulatory diseases and/or current treatment for cancer. – Gastrointestinal diseases or disorders (including pancreatic) or gastric bypass surgery – Food Allergy or Intolerance & Bee allergy – Any dietary restriction where consumption of these healthy cookies or any ingredient would be contraindicated – Use of medications where consuming the healthy cookies would be contraindicated – Use of supplements/oils high in linoleic acid in the past 4 weeks prior to enrolling – Pregnancy

Gender Eligibility: All

Minimum Age: 18 Years

Maximum Age: 80 Years

Are Healthy Volunteers Accepted: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Investigator Details

  • Lead Sponsor
    • Ohio State University
  • Provider of Information About this Clinical Study
    • Principal Investigator: Martha Belury, Professor – Ohio State University

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