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Benefits of Walnuts for Male Reproductive Health

NCT01505140 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 120

Last updated 2016-11-28

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Summary

Walnuts as a whole food contain polyunsaturated fatty acids, anti-oxidants, and other nutrients essential to sperm development and function. This randomized controlled trial sought to determine if a Western style diet supplemented with walnuts would improve sperm quality as a predictor of male fertility.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Whole walnuts

75 gm whole walnuts per day will be consumed with usual Western style diet

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Wendie A Robbins, RN, PhD · University of California, Los Angeles

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
21 Years
Max Age
35 Years
Sex
MALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2009-11-30
Primary Completion
2010-12-31
Completion
2010-12-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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