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Examining the Effects of Juice Fasting

NCT03647449 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 24

Last updated 2020-02-27

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Summary

This study tests the effectiveness of dietary interventions that have the possibility to improve markers of gut health and improve general well-being. This study will allow healthcare professionals to learn how dietary interventions involving fasting can affect health. Food is increasingly recognized as a core component of preventive and ameliorative health care. Juice fasting has quickly become one of the most popular self-prescribed dietary interventions in the United States. A wide variety of juice fasts are available in the popular market; a popular variation is the three-day juice fast. The purpose of this study is to assess the effects of a three-day juice fast on certain markers of age-related disease and bio-markers of longevity. In particular, this study will assess certain epigenetic markers, which measure how the environment (including diet) can change the way that genes are expressed without changing the genes themselves. The study will also assess the microbiome, and inflammatory and glycemic markers.

Conditions

  • Epigenetics
  • Microbiome

Interventions

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Juice

Participants will be drinking 800-900 kcal/day in cold-pressed juices.

BEHAVIORAL

Caloric restriction via Plant-based meals

Participants' caloric intake will be limited to 800-900 kcal/day.

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Plant-based meal

Participants will be eating \~900 kcal/day in pre-prepared plant-based meals.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Melinda Ring, MD, FACP · Osher Center for Integrative Medicine at Northwestern University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
35 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2018-07-10
Primary Completion
2019-03-11
Completion
2019-12-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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