On May 20, 2018, the INC Executive Committee approved to award the clinical study “Optimizing gut health: physiological, microbiological and metabolomic effects of dried fruit”, Principal Investigator: Prof. Kevin Whelan, Head of Department of Nutritional Sciences, King’s College London, UK.
This study aims to investigate the effect of a mixture of dried fruits (prunes, apricots and cranberries) on physiological, microbiological and metabolomic outcomes related to gut health, compared to their corresponding fruit juices, and a placebo control. A range of state of the art technologies will be used to assess study outcomes.