Climate Friendly and Ecological Food on Microbiota

Summary

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.

Conditions

• Sustainability
• Microbiota
• Pesticides
• Organic Food

Interventions

OTHER

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.

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.

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.

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.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Mälardalen University

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Katarina Bälter, PhD · Mälardalens Högskola

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

OTHER

Masking

SINGLE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

20 Years

Max Age

55 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2017-08-31

Primary Completion

2018-05-03

Completion

2018-05-03

Countries

• Sweden

Study Locations