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Intermittent Fasting Interventions on Brain Health in Women

NCT05628727 · Status: TERMINATED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 6

Last updated 2025-09-12

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Summary

Adults experience high psychological stress due to many factors such as school, workplace, or personal life. Adult women are known to experience higher stress levels than men. Current evidence shows that fasting improves mental health outcomes in men. The research is unclear on fasting interventions and their potential impact on stress levels in women. In this study, investigators will compare two fasting diets over 8 weeks. There will be a control group, one group that fasts for two days per week, and a final group that only eats for 8 hours in the morning. Mental health surveys, brain tests and a blood draw will be done during the study to see any mental or physical changes from the diets. Investigators will study the motivation of women to continue the diet during and beyond the study through online surveys.

Conditions

  • Psychological Stress

Interventions

OTHER

Time Restricted Feeding

This group will use the 16:8 method every day, eating only during an 8-hour period that will commence at wake-up time.

OTHER

5:2 Fasting

This group will use the 5:2 method and fast for two non-consecutive days of the week.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council, Canada

    collaborator OTHER

  • McMaster University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Jennifer J Heisz, PhD · McMaster University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
30 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2023-02-09
Primary Completion
2025-09-06
Completion
2025-09-06

Countries

  • Canada

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