Personalized Metabolic Responses to Rapid, Slow and Resistant Starch (PerStarch)
The study aims to investigate how individuals with varying gut microbiota composition and AMY1 gene copy number respond to three different types of starch. A 12-week trial will therefore be conducted, where all participants will go through three different 17-day interventions in a randomized order. Each intervention will contain a different type of starch: A) Resistant starch B) Slow digestible starch C) Rapid digestible starch Each intervention will contain a preparation day, a meal challenge test day at clinic, a 14-day dietary intervention at home followed by a follow up visit at clinic. The interventions will be separated with a 14-day wash-out period, where participants are consuming their normal food. Blood, saliva and fecal samples will be collected during the trial, together with data from continuous glucose monitoring and body measurements. Questionnaires on dietary intake and lifestyle, food preferences, self-reported appetite, health-related quality of life, sleep quality and daytime sleepiness will also be filled out by the participants.
• Men and post-menopausal women
• Age 30-75 years
• BMI 27-40 kg/m2
• Waist circumference \> 102/88 cm for men/women
• Weight stable during previous 3 months (± 3 kg)
• Willingness to consume the intervention diets
• Ability to deal with the monitoring devices
• Medications stable for the previous 14 days
• Signed informed consent