To this single-centre randomized controlled comparative study it is planned to enroll 50 patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. All these subjects will receive standard isocaloric diet for 14 days. Subjects of the main group will receive vegetable protein-and-fat cutlet or schnitzel insted of the same amount of standard (animal meat based) cutlet or schnitzel. Subjects of the control group will receive standard diet, with cutlets or schnitzels made of animal meat. It is planned to make repeated measurements of serum lipid profile and assess general well-being and tolerability of newly developed product compared to regular meal
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
TRIPLE
Enrollment
50
Experimental group receives specialized food made of plant-based (soy) meat analog. A portion of standard (animal) meat in a daily ration of the enrolled subjects is substituted by plant-based analog.
Isocalorie (based on resting energy expenditures measurements) diet is provided to subjects of the control group with no modification of the protein and fat content
cholesterol
serum cholesterol change
Time frame: baseline and day 14
Low-density lipoproteins
Serum concentrations of low-density lipoproteins change
Time frame: baseline and day 14
High-density lipoproteins
Serum concentration of HDLP change
Time frame: baseline and day 14
triglycerides
Serum concentration of triglycerides change
Time frame: baseline and day 14
C-reactive protein
Serum concentration of C-reactive protein change
Time frame: baseline and day 14
urea
serum concentration of urea change
Time frame: baseline and day 14
stool form
Stool form change assessed with standard Bristol stool scale. Type 1 is characterized by separate hard lumps, hard to pass; this often observed in constipation; Type 4 - looks like a sausage or snake, smooth and soft (normal); Type 7 - watery, entirely liquid stool, observed in diarrhea; Mean values of stool forms by previous 7 days at baseline and on day 14 will be assessed to reflect a "change".
Time frame: baseline and day 14
Organoleptic qualities of the developed products
Organoleptic assessment with the use of visual analogue scales (taste, colour, scent, texture) is to be used.
Time frame: baseline and day 14
stool frequency
Mean stool frequency a day will be assessed at baseline and at the end of the study period to detect possible "change" in bowel habits related to product use
Time frame: baseline and day 14
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