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Study aim
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Determination of the effect of supplementation with nanomicelles curcumin on glycemic control, serum lipid profile, blood pressure and anthropometric indices in patients with metabolic syndrome
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Design
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Double-blind randomized clinical trial with parallel groups
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Settings and conduct
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Patients with metabolic syndrome referring to the endocrine clinic of Shohadaye yaft abad and Pars hospital, who have criteria for entering the study, will be aware of the method and goals of the study and each patient will write informed consent if they have a tendency to participate in the study. At the start and after the end of the intervention, 10 cc blood will be taken from patients after 12-14 hours fasting .At baseline Their height and weight will be measured.Then, in order to control the confounding factors , they will be randomly assigned to nanomicelles curcumin and placebo group. Patients in nanomicelles curcumin group will received a 80 mg capsule daily and patients in placebo group will received a placebo capsule daily for 12 weeks.
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Participants/Inclusion and exclusion criteria
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Inclusion criteria:
-Tendency for cooperation
-Age between 18-70 years old
-BMI between 25-40 kg/m2
-Having metabolic syndrome according to NCEP ATP III criteria( if 3 or more of five criteria are met)
Exclusion criteria:
-Pregnancy
-Lactation
-Insulin therapy
-Having thyroid dysfunction
-Having kidney disease
-Having unusual diet
-Use fat burner and weight lose drug
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Intervention groups
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Each patient will write informed consent if they have a tendency to participate in the study. After randomization, patient in study group will receive a capsule of nanomicelles curcumin daily and patient in control group will receive placebo capsule daily for 12 weeks.
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Main outcome variables
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Fasting blood glucose, insulin, hemoglobin A1c, total cholesterol, LDL-C and HDL-C, triglyceride, blood pressure, HOMA-IR, HOMA-B