Summary

Eligibility
for people ages 25-75 (full criteria)
Location
at Davis, California
Dates
study started
completion

Description

Summary

Numerous studies have established the role of nutrition on obesity and its related metabolic diseases, which together affect a billion individuals worldwide. Evidence indicate that meal timing regulates numerous metabolic processes suggesting that meal time manipulation may be a simple intervention against obesity and its metabolic diseases. Time-restricted eating (TRE) is a dietary manipulation that involves restricting food intake to 6-10 h/day with no energy intake the rest of the day. In rodents, TRE significantly decreases hepatic steatosis and dyslipidemia, while it supports a healthier hepatic cellular content even without caloric restriction, potentially by alternating activation of nutrient sensing mechanisms and effects on circadian oscillations. However, an understanding of the effect of TRE on liver health in people is not clear. Accordingly, we will conduct a randomized controlled trial in people with overweight/obesity and hepatic steatosis to determine the effect of 9 h TRE for 12 weeks, on key metabolic outcomes in liver health: 1) intrahepatic triglyceride content using magnetic resonance imaging; 2) de novo lipogenesis during fasting and postprandial conditions using administration of deuterated water in conjunction with mathematical modeling. The proposed study will enable us to determine the effect of meal timing on metabolic function in people with NAFLD.

Official Title

The Effect of Time-restricted Eating on Liver Metabolism

Keywords

NAFLD, Obesity, Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases, Metabolic Diseases, Time restricted eating, TRE isocaloric, TRE ad libitum

Eligibility

You can join if…

Open to people ages 25-75

  • age 25-75 years
  • men and women
  • body mass index 25-45 kg/m2
  • clinical diagnosis of NAFLD
  • self-reported habitual eating period more than or equal to 14 h per day.

You CAN'T join if...

  • shift worker, recent or expected travel crossing time zones
  • fasting >12-h/day more than once a week

    *> once a week no food intake after 18:00

  • habitually waking up before 04:00 and sleeping before 22:30
  • unstable weight (>5% change in the last 2 months)
  • diabetes mellitus or alcoholic liver disease
  • sleep disorder
  • history of or current eating disorder
  • cancer in last 5 years
  • conditions that render subject unable to complete all testing procedures
  • use of medications that affect the study outcome measures or increase the risk of study procedures and that cannot be temporarily discontinued
  • smoking or illegal drug use
  • pregnant or breastfeeding
  • having metals in the body
  • cognitive impairment
  • gastrointestinal or bariatric surgery that affects nutrient digestion and absorption unable to grant voluntary informed consent or comply with the study instructions individuals who are not yet adults (infants, children, teenagers)
  • individuals that are unable to lie motionless on the MRI scanner for an hour or *have tattoos or tattooed eyeliner
  • alcohol abuse
  • prisoners

Location

  • University of California, Davis
    Davis California 95616-5398 United States

Details

Status
accepting new patients
Start Date
Completion Date
Sponsor
University of California, Davis
Links
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ID
NCT04997486
Study Type
Interventional
Participants
About 5 people participating
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