Effects of a 4-week Raw, Plant-based Diet on Anthropometric and Cardiovascular Risk Factors

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Conditions studied: Hypertension, Elevated Cholesterol, Overweight and Obesity

In brief

This study evaluates the effects of a prescribed 4-week raw, plant-based dietary intervention in the treatment of excess body weight, hypercholesterolemia, and hypertension in the clinical setting.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03134235

Run by

Texas Woman's University

People needed

33

Starts

2017-01-03

Expected to finish

2017-03-15

Last updated by the study team

2017-05-23

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 75. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Body Mass Index ≥25.0 kg/m\^2
• Serum low-density lipoprotein cholesterol concentration ≥100
• Systolic blood pressure ≥140 mmHg or diastolic blood pressure ≥90

You may not qualify if…

• Tobacco use
• Drug abuse
• Excessive alcohol consumption (>2 glasses of wine or alcohol equivalent per day for men or >1 glass of wine or alcohol equivalent for woman)
• Current cancer diagnosis
• Estimated glomerular filtration rate <60 mg/dL
• Clinically defined infection
• Mental disability
• Hospitalization <6 months
• Previous exposure to plant-based diet

Where it is running

• Montgomery Heart & Wellness — Houston, Texas, United States

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