NCT01177085

Substituting Mushrooms for Meat to Control Body Weight

Substituting Mushrooms for Meat: A Controlled Clinical Trial to Control Body Weight

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 100 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 75 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This is a one-year clinical trial to assess weight-loss, weight-maintenance, and biochemical parameters following a weight-control diet using either standard food guide pyramid alone, or standard food guide pyramid with substitution of mushrooms for meat.

Detailed description

This intervention study has a primary aim to assess omnivorous adult males and females' ability to control their weight over a period of 1 year. The control group will be required to use 90% lean ground beef a few times per week for one year while maintaining their personalized diet plans. The experimental group will have to follow their personalized diets as well, but will be required to substitute mushrooms for meat at least three times per week. Biochemical measures will also be assessed in response to the diet and weight loss.

Conditions

• Obesity

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Weight-loss and weight-maintenance diets	Participants will be given a personalized diet plan, with or without use of mushrooms as part of the diet, at a calorie level sufficiently restricted to result in a 20 lb weight loss over a period of 6 months, followed by a weight maintenance diet for a further 6 months.

Timeline

• Start date: 2009-05-01
• Primary completion: 2010-12-01
• Completion: 2010-12-01
• First posted: 2010-08-06
• Last updated: 2018-04-03

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States