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Trial reportCell reports. Medicine2025

Cooking methods affect advanced glycation end products and lipid profiles: A randomized cross-over study in healthy subjects.

Judith Wellens, Eva Vissers, Anaïs Dumoulin, Sien Hoekx, Julie Vanderstappen, Joke Verbeke, Roman Vangoitsenhoven, Muriel Derrien, Bram Verstockt, Marc Ferrante and 5 more

Registry-linked trialAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
In one paragraph

Trial report in Cell reports. Medicine, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06547190 (Study on Treating by Eating), which is not on this map. Cited by 11 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT06547190 nacompletednot on this map

Study on Treating by Eating: Role of AGEs on Mucosal Barrier and Microbiome.

TypeinterventionalSponsorUniversitaire Ziekenhuizen KU LeuvenRan2022 to 2022Enrolled20ConditionsHealthyArmsHigh AGEs diet, Low AGEs diet
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors.

Judith WellensDepartment of Chronic Diseases and Metabolism, Translational Research Center for Gastrointestinal Disorders (TARGID), KU Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium; Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Hospitals Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium.
Eva VissersDepartment of Chronic Diseases and Metabolism, Translational Research Center for Gastrointestinal Disorders (TARGID), KU Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium.
Anaïs DumoulinDepartment of Chronic Diseases and Metabolism, Translational Research Center for Gastrointestinal Disorders (TARGID), KU Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium.
Sien HoekxDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Hospitals Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium.
Julie VanderstappenDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Hospitals Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium.
Joke VerbekeDepartment of Chronic Diseases and Metabolism, Clinical and Experimental Endocrinology, KU Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium.
Roman VangoitsenhovenDepartment of Chronic Diseases and Metabolism, Clinical and Experimental Endocrinology, KU Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium; Department of Endocrinology, University Hospitals Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium.
Muriel DerrienMicrobiology, Immunology and Transplantation Department, Rega Institute, KU Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium; VIB Center for Microbiology, 3000 Leuven, Belgium.
Bram VerstocktDepartment of Chronic Diseases and Metabolism, Translational Research Center for Gastrointestinal Disorders (TARGID), KU Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium; Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Hospitals Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium.
Marc FerranteDepartment of Chronic Diseases and Metabolism, Translational Research Center for Gastrointestinal Disorders (TARGID), KU Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium; Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Hospitals Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium.
Christophe MatthysDepartment of Chronic Diseases and Metabolism, Clinical and Experimental Endocrinology, KU Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium; Department of Endocrinology, University Hospitals Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium.
Jeroen RaesMicrobiology, Immunology and Transplantation Department, Rega Institute, KU Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium; VIB Center for Microbiology, 3000 Leuven, Belgium.
Kristin VerbekeDepartment of Chronic Diseases and Metabolism, Translational Research Center for Gastrointestinal Disorders (TARGID), KU Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium.
Séverine VermeireDepartment of Chronic Diseases and Metabolism, Translational Research Center for Gastrointestinal Disorders (TARGID), KU Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium; Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Hospitals Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium.
João SabinoDepartment of Chronic Diseases and Metabolism, Translational Research Center for Gastrointestinal Disorders (TARGID), KU Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium; Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Hospitals Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium. Electronic address: joao.sabino@uzleuven.be.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Thermal treatments used in ultra-processed foods (UPFs) lead to advanced glycation end products (AGEs). UPFs and serum AGEs are associated with cardiometabolic disease. We explore differential cooking methods as a mechanistic link between UPFs and detrimental health outcomes through a randomized cross-over cooking method trial in healthy subjects using identical ingredients and a deep profiling analysis. We show that low-AGE-generating cooking methods such as boiling and steaming decrease serum AGEs, improve lipid profiles, and increase serum protein 4E-BP1. In contrast, high-AGE-generating cooking methods such as grilling and baking increase fecal butyrate. In sum, this suggests that low-AGE-generating cooking methods should be considered in cardiovascular risk prevention. Since current dietary guidelines focus on ingredients, but not cooking methods, our results suggest that culinary techniques should be considered as an important factor in cardiometabolic preventive strategies and future dietary trial design. This study was registered at ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT06547190).

Indexed as

CookingGlycation End Products, AdvancedLipidsAdultCross-Over StudiesFemaleHealthy VolunteersHumansMaleMiddle AgedGlycation End Products, AdvancedLipids4E-BP1advanced glycation end productsbutyric acidcarboxymethyl lysineCMLcooking methodsculinary techniquesdietary interventionMG-H1pyrraline

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PMID40280130
PMCPMC12147844

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