25
Participants
Start Date
May 21, 2025
Primary Completion Date
June 30, 2026
Study Completion Date
June 30, 2027
High Cysteine Diet
A healthy diet pattern which contains high levels of cysteine or cysteine-related compounds. The high and low cysteine diets will be designed by a research dietician to differ primarily in their concentration of cysteine while providing similar levels of calories, protein, fats, carbohydrates, fiber, and several micronutrients. No additional supplementation of cysteine will be used. Examples of high cysteine foods: chicken, eggs, lentils, yogurt, garlic, cheese, soybeans
Low Cysteine Diet
A healthy diet pattern which contains low levels of cysteine or cysteine-related compounds. The high and low cysteine diets will be designed by a research dietician to differ primarily in their concentration of cysteine while providing similar levels of calories, protein, fats, carbohydrates, fiber, and several micronutrients. The low cysteine diet includes lower-protein food sources. Examples of low cysteine foods: rice, bread, oranges, bananas, lettuce, snow peas, peppers
RECRUITING
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
NIH
University of Maryland, College Park
OTHER
University of Colorado, Denver
OTHER