The acute effect of incorporating lettuce or watercress into a moderately high-fat meal on postprandial lipid, glycemic response, and plasma inflammatory cytokines in healthy young men: a randomized crossover trial.
- 2021-07-15
- RCT
- Lipids in health and disease 20(1)
- Sahar Shokraei
- Nafiseh Khandouzi
- Zahra Sina
- Javad Nasrollahzadeh
- PubMed: 34261489
- DOI: 10.1186/s12944-021-01487-9
- High evidence
- Adults
The maximum values of insulin were obtained as 43.8 ± 18.8, 33.5 ± 19.5, and 42.8 ± 17.7 μIU/mL for the control, lettuce, and watercress meals, respectively. As well, the lettuce-containing meal more reduced the AUC for insulin compared with the control (P < 0.05), but not watercress.
- Effect
- Neutral
- Effect size
- Small
- Significant
- No
- Dose
- 100 g