NCT01412346

Health Effects of a Nordic Diet Rich in Plant-based Foods and Fish

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 111 (actual)
• Sponsor: Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare · Other Government
• Sex: All
• Age: 45 Years – 75 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of a Nordic diet rich in plant-based foods and fish on indicators of cardiovascular disease risk at two different levels of salt intake. The study is a 20-wk randomized controlled crossover trial. The subjects follow a salt-restricted diet during the study. The study begins with a 4-wk run-in phase for all subjects. After that the subjects are randomly allocated to one of two groups. Group 1 consumes a healthy Nordic low-salt diet enriched with plant-based foods and fish for 16 weeks. Group 2 consumes a low-salt diet for 16 weeks. During the 16 weeks, both groups receive salt and placebo capsules in a double-blind, crossover fashion (8+8 weeks).

Conditions

• Prehypertension
• Hypertension

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Effects of a Nordic diet rich in plant-based foods and fish	The intervention lasts for 20 weeks and it includes dietary counseling concerning salt restriction. Key foods are provided to the subjects.

Timeline

• Start date: 2011-01-01
• Primary completion: 2012-06-01
• Completion: 2014-09-01
• First posted: 2011-08-09
• Last updated: 2014-10-15

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Finland