Short Term Intermittent Fasting and Mediterranean Diet
Completed · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Overweight, Pre-hypertension, Hypertension, Hypercholesterolemia, Glucose Intolerance
In brief
The purpose of this research study is to evaluate the effects of intermittent fasting in subjects that are eating a Mediterranean diet or a Western diet. This study is part of ongoing research in the prevention and treatment of age-related diseases at Washington University School of Medicine.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT02148458
- Run by
- Washington University School of Medicine
- People needed
- 53
- Starts
- 2014-06-01
- Expected to finish
- 2017-06-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2021-05-24
Who can join
Age: 30 and older, up to 65. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.
You may qualify if…
- - The participants in this study will be 50 men and women in the 30 to 65 year age range, who have a BMI in the high-normal to moderately overweight range (i.e. 22 to 28 kg/m2),
- - Participants who are eating usual US diets and are sedentary to moderately active (i.e. not exercise trained).
- - Participants have at least one of these metabolic abnormalities: pre-hypertension or hypertension (i.e. systolic blood pressure > 120 mmHg or diastolic blood pressure > 80 mmHg or specific treatment of previously diagnosed hypertension)10, sub-optimal lipid levels (i.e. LDL-cholesterol > 100 mg/dl or HDL-cholesterol < 59 mg/dl or specific treatment for this lipid abnormality)11, impaired fasting glucose or glucose intolerance (i.e. fasting glucose > 100 mg/dl or 2 hr-glucose during OGTT with a glucose load of 75 g > 140 mg/dl or specific treatment for previously diagnosed type 2 diabetes)12, or high-risk waist circumference (≥ 94 cm in men and ≥ 80 cm in women)13.
You may not qualify if…
- 1 - History of any chronic disease process that could interfere with interpretation of results 2 - Smoking, pregnancy, alcoholism, psychiatric problems, life situations that would interfere with study participation and compliance.
- 3 - Currently eating diet similar to Mediterranean diet based on dietary and food frequency questionnaires and 4-day food diary.
Where it is running
- Washington University school of Medicine — St Louis, Missouri, United States
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