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Effect of Dietary Protein Source on Calcium Metabolism
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Study NCT00187538   Information provided by University of California, San Francisco
First Received: September 13, 2005   Last Updated: March 5, 2008   History of Changes

September 13, 2005
March 5, 2008
February 2002
July 2008   (final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
calcium metabolism [ Time Frame: after 8 weeks of diet ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
Same as current
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Effect of Dietary Protein Source on Calcium Metabolism
Effect of Dietary Protein Source on Calcium Metabolism

Osteoporosis is a major health concern worldwide. While there are drugs available for the treatment and prevention of osteoporosis, they are not practical for population-wide prevention efforts. Demonstrating the effectiveness of safe and widely available dietary interventions to prevent osteoporosis could have important public health ramifications. Different food sources of dietary protein may have different effects on bone metabolism. Animal foods provide a dietary acid load that may lead to negative calcium balance and increased bone resorption. In contrast, vegetable sources of protein, while providing some acid due to their protein content, provide proportionally more base that counters the dietary acid load. The effect of dairy products, which are rich in animal protein but also contain potential base precursors not found in vegetable foods, has not been established. Finally, soy protein sources may have a dual benefit: soy foods provide base precursors as well as plant estrogens that may have a beneficial effect on bone. We are resubmitting this proposal to randomize postmenopausal women to one of four diets equal in calories, protein, calcium, and sodium. The diets will differ by having 80 percent of the protein from one of four sources: non-dairy animal, vegetable, dairy, or soy foods, resulting in significant differences among the diets in acid, base, and isoflavone content. All food will be prepared and provided by the General Clinical Research Center. The subjects will consume the diets for 6 weeks with measurements of acid-base status, isoflavone excretion, and calcium metabolism. This will be the first intervention study to examine the effect of different sources of dietary protein in whole foods on calcium metabolism. Eventually our findings could have substantial public health implications and provide a widely available and low risk means to help prevent osteoporosis.

Demonstrating the effectiveness of safe and widely available dietary interventions to prevent osteoporosis could have important public health ramifications. Different food sources of dietary protein may have different effects on bone metabolism. Animal foods provide a dietary acid load that may lead to negative calcium balance and increased bone resorption. In contrast, vegetable sources of protein, while providing some acid due to their protein content, provide proportionally more base that counters the dietary acid load. The effect of dairy products, which are rich in animal protein but also contain potential base precursors not found in vegetable foods, has not been established. Finally, soy protein sources may have a dual benefit: soy foods provide base precursors as well as plant estrogens that may have a beneficial effect on bone. We are resubmitting this proposal to randomize postmenopausal women to one of four diets equal in calories, protein, calcium, and sodium. The diets will differ by having 80 percent of the protein from one of four sources: non-dairy animal, vegetable, dairy, or soy foods, resulting in significant differences among the diets in acid, base, and isoflavone content. All food will be prepared and provided by the General Clinical Research Center. The subjects will consume the diets for 6 weeks with measurements of acid-base status, isoflavone excretion, and calcium metabolism. This will be the first intervention study to examine the effect of different sources of dietary protein in whole foods on calcium metabolism. Eventually our findings could have substantial public health implications and provide a widely available and low risk means to help prevent osteoporosis.

 
Interventional
Prevention, Randomized, Open Label, Active Control, Single Group Assignment, Efficacy Study
Calcium Metabolism
Behavioral: Dietary
 
 

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Active, not recruiting
183
July 2008
July 2008   (final data collection date for primary outcome measure)

Inclusion Criteria:

Healthy postmenopausal women

Exclusion Criteria:

No meds affecting bone Normal renal, GI, hepatic function

Female
55 Years and older
Yes
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United States
 
NCT00187538
University of California, San Francisco, University of California, San Francisco
H9291-19207-05
University of California, San Francisco
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS)
Principal Investigator: Deborah Sellmeyer, MD University of California, San Francisco
University of California, San Francisco
March 2008

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