Can Japanese Traditional Foods Lower Blood Pressure in Healthy Volunteers (Horenso)

This study has been completed.
Sponsor:
Collaborator:
Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science
Information provided by:
Kyorin University
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
NCT00928824
First received: June 25, 2009
Last updated: NA
Last verified: June 2009
History: No changes posted

June 25, 2009
June 25, 2009
June 2008
September 2008   (final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
Blood pressure
Same as current
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Can Japanese Traditional Foods Lower Blood Pressure in Healthy Volunteers
Dietary Nitrate in Japanese Traditional Foods Lowers Diastolic Blood Pressure in Healthy Volunteers.

The purpose of this study is to determine whether traditional japanese diet blood pressure in healthy volunteers.

Japanese traditional diet contains considerably more nitrate/nitrite than the European foods. 80% of dietary nitrate originates from vegetables. Green leafy vegetables, especially spinach, salad and seaweed are rich in nitrates. Other vegetables contain nitrate at lower concentrations, but because they are consumed in greater quantity, they may contribute more nitrate and thus nitrite from the diet. Nitrate/nitrite is attributed multiple health benefits. Japanese people have an exceptional longevity and the lowest rate of heart diseases. On the other hand, gastric cancer rate is high too. Nitrate/nitrite is strongly correlated with these phenomena. Is this high nitrate consumption protective or damaging? Understanding dietary nitrite and nitrate consumption and its metabolism therefore becomes very important.

Aim: To compare conversion of nitrate to nitrite in Japanese people, measured in blood and in saliva during consumption of traditional Japanese foods vs European diet.

Interventional
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Allocation: Randomized
Endpoint Classification: Bio-availability Study
Intervention Model: Crossover Assignment
Masking: Open Label
Primary Purpose: Basic Science
Blood Pressure
Dietary Supplement: traditional Japanese diet
10 days of nitrate rich diet (Japanese traditional). After that switch to nitrate low diet for 10 days (European foods). Study nitrate/nitrite in blood, saliva and blood pressure 3 times in each person (10 min each time). A list of Nitrate rich foods are provided.
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*   Includes publications given by the data provider as well as publications identified by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number) in Medline.
 
Completed
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September 2008
September 2008   (final data collection date for primary outcome measure)

Inclusion Criteria:

  • healthy volunteers

Exclusion Criteria:

  • high/low blood pressure
Both
20 Years and older
Yes
Contact information is only displayed when the study is recruiting subjects
Japan
 
NCT00928824
KyorinU
Yes
Prof Kamiya Shigeru, Kyorin Daigaku
Kyorin University
Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science
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Kyorin University
June 2009

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