Cultural Meal and Postprandial Oxidative Stress

Inclusion criteria

• Apparently healthy male or female of Chinese ethnicity with BMI less than 25 kg/m2
• Aged from 18 to 45 years for female to avoid menopausal effect, and 18 to 50 years for male (inclusive)
• Normal glucose tolerance as assessed by fasting HbA1c of <6% at the screening
• Willing to give consent and follow the study procedures

Exclusion criteria

• Lifestyle factors that affect POS as shown by the literature including
• Current smoker
• Physically active as defined by three days or more of 30 minutes [accumulated over the course of a day] moderate to vigorous activity weekly in the past three months. Vigorous physical activity is described as causing heavy sweating or a large increase in breathing or heart rate, and moderate as causing light sweating or a slight to moderate increase in breathing or heart rate.
• Regular or current use of vitamin or antioxidant supplements
• Pregnant or lactating
• Concurrent participation in any clinical trial or dietary intervention program
• Adherence to a special diet, allergies or aversions to foods on the study meals
• Use of medications that could affect study outcomes
• With diabetes, hypertension, renal, liver or thyroid dysfunction, any other indication of a major medical or psychological illness, as judged by the investigators as ineligible to participate the study