Paleolithic Diet and Exercise Study

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Diet

In brief

If eating a "Paleolithic" diet helps improve these diseases, this would be the first step in both improving people's health as they get older as well as contributing to future national dietary guidelines for Americans.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00360516

Run by

University of California, San Francisco

People needed

10

Starts

2005-11-01

Expected to finish

2007-12-01

Last updated by the study team

2011-06-29

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 55. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Age >= 18 years and <= 55 years
• On no medications
• Body mass index (BMI) between 18 and 29.9 kg/m2
• Normal renal and hepatic function
• Subjects who report moderate intensity exercising <= three times a week for 30 minutes or less, who then qualify by exercise testing with a VO2max at or below age- and gender-matched controls

You may not qualify if…

• Subjects who must follow a specific diet
• Subjects on any daily medications
• Subjects unwilling to follow the diet specified
• Subjects unable to do the exercise testing
• Pregnant women
• Subjects who are unable to understand the consent form.

Where it is running

• UCSF 505 Parnassus Ave — San Francisco, California, United States

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