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High- Versus Low-calcium Water for Bone Health

Metabolic Response to the Consumption of Waters With Different Calcium Content: a Cross-over Clinical Study

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About This Trial

The experimental study investigates which metabolic responses of calcium and parathyroid hormone are observable in blood and urine in a cohort of 41 healthy adults following a sequence of different exposures: low-calcium water first and high-calcium water afterward.

Who May Be Eligible (Plain English)

Who May Qualify: - Body mass index ≥ 18 and \< 30 - Maintenance of diet and physical activity lifestyle throughout the duration of the study - Acceptance of willing to sign a consent form Who Should NOT Join This Trial: - Consumption of water with calcium \> 150 mg/L - Pregnancy (as established by self-declaration), breastfeeding, menopause - Inability to follow the study protocol - Cardiac, vascular, renal, and oncological disease - Neuropsychiatric disease, developmental disorders - Disease or past surgery affecting the gastrointestinal tract - Drugs that interfere with bone (e.g. corticosteroids) or with fluid balance (e.g. diuretics) Always talk to your doctor about whether this trial is right for you.

Original Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria: * Body mass index ≥ 18 and \< 30 * Maintenance of diet and physical activity lifestyle throughout the duration of the study * Acceptance of informed consent Exclusion Criteria: * Consumption of water with calcium \> 150 mg/L * Pregnancy (as established by self-declaration), breastfeeding, menopause * Inability to follow the study protocol * Cardiac, vascular, renal, and oncological disease * Neuropsychiatric disease, developmental disorders * Disease or past surgery affecting the gastrointestinal tract * Drugs that interfere with bone (e.g. corticosteroids) or with fluid balance (e.g. diuretics)

Treatments Being Tested

OTHER

Loading of low-calcium water first, then high-calcium water

All cohort subjects are asked to consume water with less than 5 mg/L of calcium first, then are asked to consume water with at least 400 mg/L of calcium

Locations (1)

IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi
Milan, Italy