The main goal of this study is to determine the metabolic availability of methionine in black beans, lysine in sorghum and lysine in milk using the indicator amino acid oxidation method both in older and in younger men.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
28
Black beans cooked and mashed and amino acid mixture as liquid drink to make methionine the limiting amino acid in the food consumed
Skimmed milk as liquid drink and amino acid mixture as liquid drink to make lysine the limiting amino acid in the food consumed
Sorghum cooked and mashed and amino acid mixture as liquid drink to make lysine the limiting amino acid in the food consumed
Wageningen University & Research
Wageningen, Gelderland, Netherlands
RECRUITINGMetabolic availability of methionine in black beans and lysine in milk and sorghum measured with the indicator amino acid oxidation method.
Indicator amino acid oxidation method is used to measure metabolic availability of the limiting amino acid by measuring the oxidation of the 13C-labelled indicator amino acid in expired breath as 13CO2 when giving different levels of the limiting amino acid. Methionine metabolic availability will be assessed in black beans and lysine metabolic availability in milk and sorghum.
Time frame: 1 measurement to be calculated from repeated measurements on several test days separated by 1 week
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