NCT03814473

Paleo Diet 8wk Feasibility in Overweight Adults

Eight Week ad Libitum Self-prepared Paleo Diet and Cardiometabolic Disease Risk Factors in Overweight Adults

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 21 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Houston · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 55 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Overweight, physically inactive but otherwise healthy adults habitually eating a traditional Western diet will follow an ad libitum self-administered Paleo diet for 8-weeks. Blood and body composition will be measured before and after the intervention period.

Detailed description

The Paleo diet is a dietary method that is gaining popularity among the general population due to potential weight loss and disease prevention benefits. The feasibility of the Paleo diet and the effectiveness of self-administration in improving cardiometabolic disease risk factors remains uncertain. Examination od cardiometabolic disease risk factors in overweight, physically inactive adults before and after 8-weeks of an ad libitum self-administered Paleo dietary intervention. Methods: Overweight, physically inactive but otherwise healthy adults habitually eating a traditional Western diet follow an ad libitum self-administered Paleo diet for 8-weeks. Blood samples were analyzed for fasting cardiometabolic disease biomarkers. Participants complete three-day dietary recalls prior to, and during weeks 4 and 8 of the intervention to confirm Western diet consumption at pre-, track compliance, and to assess dietary changes.

Conditions

• Overweight and Obesity

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Diet	Participants provided with a brochure providing a thorough description of the diet, \~8 example recipes for each meal (i.e. breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks) included as a sample menu, and guidance to assist in shopping and self-preparation of food for the prescribed diet and to improve adherence. Diet consisted of following the popular "paleolithic" diet

Timeline

• Start date: 2015-01-19
• Primary completion: 2015-04-14
• Completion: 2015-04-14
• First posted: 2019-01-24
• Last updated: 2019-01-24

Locations

2 sites across 1 country: United States