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Hydroponic Fortification and Dietary App Effect on Nutrients Level (Harvest)

NCT05740462 · Status: ENROLLING_BY_INVITATION · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 52

Last updated 2024-07-26

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Summary

Veganism and vegetarianism have clear benefits where they have a lower risk of many health issues. However, they also have a higher risk of nutrients and vitamin deficiency such as iron and vitamin B12. Iron can be found in plant-based food but in varying quantities, whereas vitamin B12 is mainly found in red meat, thus vegans and vegetarians can only take this vitamin in supplements such as tablets. In this study, the investigators are testing two interventions, the consumption of recipes with a certain iron amount to increase iron levels, and the consumption of vitamin B12 biofortified plants to increase serum B12 levels in vegan and vegetarian participants.

Conditions

  • Iron Deficiency (Without Anemia)
  • B12 Deficiency Vitamin

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Recipes consumption

Participants will eat two recipes a day for 17 weeks

BEHAVIORAL

Hydroponic unit

Participants will grow vitamin B12 biofortified plants for 17 weeks and consume (10 grams) of plant material for 11 weeks.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

    collaborator OTHER

  • Quadram Institute Bioscience

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Paul A Kroon, PhD · Quadram Institute Bioscience

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
TRIPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2023-05-04
Primary Completion
2025-06-01
Completion
2025-09-01

Countries

  • United Kingdom

Study Locations

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