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General Clinical Research Center
Bionutrition
Research Food Service: Although
we can't promise gourmet cuisine every day, we do care about our subjects' nutrition and dining comfort.
Meals are provided for subjects who participate in studies requiring nutritional control.
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A "research" meal is one
with carefully weighed and prepared foods that are controlled in
one or more components. For example, the meals for one study included foods low in biotin (a B vitamin) to permit us to
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Researchers sometimes ask such complex questions that the
diet cannot be provided by food, but must be supplied as a liquid formula.
For example, a doctor wanted to know how a person with diabetes utilized
fructose (a sugar found naturally in grapes), and asked that all the
carbohydrate in the diet be in the form of this sugar. Rather than eat six
pounds of grapes every day for a week, his subjects cheerfully consented
to "drink" their formula diet for seven days while he measured
their blood sugar control.
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Whether the meal is comprised of food or
formula, our congenial staff serve it in the comfort of our
"dining" room on the second floor of the Medical Research
Facility or in the subject's room on 3 south (left). We also pack
meal "to go" when research subjects are unable to return to our
unit for their meal.
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In addition to serving meals, the bionutrition staff provides a variety of measurements
and assessments, including:
Investigators requiring bionutrition services or assistance with study
design should contact the Bionutrition Manager:
Cathy Chenard, MS, RD, LD
catherine-chenard@uiowa.edu
Office: (319) 384-8314
Research Kitchen: (319) 384-8317
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Bon Appetit! |
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