Effects of Almond Versus Pistachio on Weight Loss

Summary

The purpose of the current study is comparing the effect of almond and pistachio, as the two common types of nuts, consumption on healthy obese and overweight female who following a hypocaloric diet for 12 weeks. The secondary aim of the current study is to evaluate of these two type of nuts on other cardiometabolic risk factors.

Conditions

• Obesity
• Overweight

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Almond Group

Obese or overweight female adults will be randomly allocated to have almond as afternoon snacks, while they have a hypoenergetic diet.

BEHAVIORAL

Pistachio Group

Obese or overweight female adults will be randomly allocated to have Pistachio as afternoon snacks, while they have a hypoenergetic diet.

BEHAVIORAL

Nut free group

Obese or overweight female adults will be asked to avoid nuts, seeds and nut products, while they have a hypoenergetic diet.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Nottingham

  collaborator OTHER

• Tehran University of Medical Sciences

  collaborator OTHER

• Novindiet Clinic

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Hamid R Farshchi, MD, PhD · NovinDiet Clinic, School of Life Sciences, The University of Nottingham

• Ameneh Madjd, Dr · NovinDiet Clinic, School of Life Sciences, The University of Nottingham

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Max Age

45 Years

Sex

FEMALE

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2017-06-05

Primary Completion

2017-11-13

Completion

2018-01-15

Countries

• Iran

Study Locations