Nutrition Unit
Our broad expertise and dedicated Nutrition Unit for intervention studies and nutrition research provides high quality human studies to help support your food and drink company's research and claims.
Leatherhead’s Nutrition Unit boasts state-of-the-art facilities that have been designed to support the high demand for the complete range of nutrition intervention studies. The purpose-built unit includes two large volunteer suites, built for the comfort of the participants, two eating areas designed specifically for all types of nutrition feeding trials, a diet kitchen for the preparation of the test meals, and a clinical room for blood collection and other clinical interventions. All have been innovatively designed to allow for high throughput studies in a timely and cost-effective way while still adhering to the highest clinical standards.
Metabolic testing:
- Subjective measurements of appetite
- Glycaemic Index (GI), glycaemic response and insulin response
- Cholesterol and triglyceride measurements
- 24-hour monitoring of blood glucose and blood pressure
- Accurate testing of health biomarkers to substantiate health claims
Satiety and weight management:
- Quantitative assessment of appetite using questionnaires
- Energy intake at the next meal (ad libitum)
- Measurement of gut hormones
- Dietary analysis using food frequency questionnaire and food diaries to investigate dietary habits
Uptake and bioavailability:
- Short and long term intervention trials for food products, ingredients and supplements
- Vitamin and mineral status
- Phytochemical metabolism
- Functional food and ingredient efficacy
Our expertise makes it possible to meet your commercial requirements with timely and cost-effective studies.
A variety of routine satiety projects have also been run on a confidential basis for food industry clients to substantiate satiety claims.
To learn more about our Nutrition or Satiety Research services please contact Roberta Re.
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