Climate Friendly and Ecological Food on Microbiota

NCT ID: NCT03383510

Last Updated: 2018-06-12

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

39 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2017-08-31

Study Completion Date

2018-05-03

Brief Summary

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The aim of this study is to investigate changes in nutrient intake, the human gut microbiota and pesticide excretion in urine when shifting from conventional food habits to sustainable food habits.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Sustainability Microbiota Pesticides Organic Food

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

OTHER

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Participants

Study Groups

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Climate friendly group

The climate friendly group will receive instructions to eat according to a climate friendly diet, i.e., to replace the majority of their intake of animal based products with plant based food.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Climate friendly diet

Intervention Type OTHER

Participants in the 'Climate friendly' group will be assigned a diet generating low emissions of greenhouse gases. The target is to reduce the participants' diet-related carbon dioxide equivalents (CO2e) to 2.5 kg per person and day, which is approximately a reduction by 50% compared the average CO2e, according to a previous study on diet-related CO2e in Sweden. The participants will be instructed to reduce their consumption of beef and dairy products and increase their consumption of plant-foods i.e. fruits, vegetables, legumes and whole-grain cereals.

Organic group

The organic group will receive instructions to eat an organic diet, i.e., to replace at least 50% of their normally consumed food with organic equivalents.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Organic diet

Intervention Type OTHER

Participants in the 'Organic group' will be assigned an organic diet with very low, or no, content of pesticides. The participants will be instructed to replace at least 50% of their food intake with organic foods.

Climate friendly and organic group

The climate friendly and organic group will receive instructions to consume a climate friendly and organic diet, i.e, to replace the majority of their intake of animal based products with plant based food AND to consume at least 50% organic food products.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Climate friendly and organic diet

Intervention Type OTHER

The participants in the 'Climate friendly and organic diet group' will be assigned a combination of a climate friendly and organic diet generating low emissions of greenhouse gas and having very low levels of pesticides. The target is to reduce the participants' diet-related CO2e to 2.5 kg per person and day. The participants will be instructed to replace at least 50% of their food intake with organic products.

Control group

The control group will receive instructions to eat according to the Nordic Nutrition Recommendations.

Group Type PLACEBO_COMPARATOR

Control group (Control diet)

Intervention Type OTHER

A conventional diet according to the Nordic Nutrition Recommendations (NNR). The participants will get information about the present dietary guidelines and how they can adhere to the guidelines, for example, by implementing the "plate model" for meals and learning about recommended levels of intake of macronutrients, micronutrients, fiber and energy.

Interventions

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Climate friendly diet

Participants in the 'Climate friendly' group will be assigned a diet generating low emissions of greenhouse gases. The target is to reduce the participants' diet-related carbon dioxide equivalents (CO2e) to 2.5 kg per person and day, which is approximately a reduction by 50% compared the average CO2e, according to a previous study on diet-related CO2e in Sweden. The participants will be instructed to reduce their consumption of beef and dairy products and increase their consumption of plant-foods i.e. fruits, vegetables, legumes and whole-grain cereals.

Intervention Type OTHER

Organic diet

Participants in the 'Organic group' will be assigned an organic diet with very low, or no, content of pesticides. The participants will be instructed to replace at least 50% of their food intake with organic foods.

Intervention Type OTHER

Climate friendly and organic diet

The participants in the 'Climate friendly and organic diet group' will be assigned a combination of a climate friendly and organic diet generating low emissions of greenhouse gas and having very low levels of pesticides. The target is to reduce the participants' diet-related CO2e to 2.5 kg per person and day. The participants will be instructed to replace at least 50% of their food intake with organic products.

Intervention Type OTHER

Control group (Control diet)

A conventional diet according to the Nordic Nutrition Recommendations (NNR). The participants will get information about the present dietary guidelines and how they can adhere to the guidelines, for example, by implementing the "plate model" for meals and learning about recommended levels of intake of macronutrients, micronutrients, fiber and energy.

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Living in Västerås
* Carnivores
* Healthy

Exclusion Criteria

* Vegans
Minimum Eligible Age

20 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

55 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Mälardalen University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Katarina Bälter, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Mälardalens Högskola

Locations

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Mälardalens University

Västerås, , Sweden

Site Status

Countries

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Sweden

Other Identifiers

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2017/306

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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