Lean and Obese: Dietary Inflammation

Exclusion Criteria

• •Diagnosed with, active, or history of liver cirrhosis, chronic or persisting hepatitis
• •Diagnosed with, active, or history of cancer
• •History of gastrointestinal disease or surgical procedure for weight loss.
• •Diagnosed with immune diseases, type 2 diabetes, pancreatitis, or infectious diseases
• •Any surgery in the past 6 months
• •Currently using or have used antibiotics continuously \> 3 days in the past 3 months
• •Regular use of medications for that affect the gastrointestinal tract, cholecystitis, urinary tract infection, severe organic diseases including coronary heart disease, myocardial infarction, infectious diseases including pulmonary tuberculosis and AIDS
• •Known allergy or intolerance to any ingredients in the dietary intervention program
• •Alcohol or illicit drug abuse
• •Current Smoker or have quit smoking in the past 3 months
• •Recent colonoscopy (within the previous two months)
• •Inability to follow any of the experimental diets (including low or high fat diet) or to perform the collections required for this study
• •Participants will also be excluded if they have extreme dietary habits, extreme levels of physical or athletic activity, or by changes in body weight \>5 lbs. during the last 6 months
• •Uncontrolled hypertension or uncontrolled hyperlipidemia in abnormal ranges.
• •Participation in another clinical research trial that may interfere with the results of this study.
• •* As needed, BMI (kg/m2) will be adjusted accordingly for Asian lean and obese definitions