To study if it is feasible to conduct such a investigation in the future, I first want to search for 35 volunteers who are willing to follow the paleo diet during four weeks and the Dutch Consensus Diet during four weeks. After both periods of four…
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lichamelijke en psychische klachten
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Intervention
Outcome measures
Primary outcome
Feasibility: 1) time needed for recruiting 35 participants, 2) extent to which
participants actually followed the guidelines, 3) percentage of participants
that completed the study, and 4) representativeness of our study population
compared to the Dutch population.
Secondary outcome
Effect size on physical and psychological symptoms.
Background summary
A hunter-gatherer type diet, also called the paleo diet, consists of
vegetables, fruit, meat, sea-food, eggs and nuts. It is a very popular diet not
only among the general population, but also among dieticians and other
health-care providers. A brief internet-search suggests that people do not only
follow this diet to lose weight, but also, amongst other reasons, because it is
suggested to reduce somatic as well a psychological complaints. Various studies
have shown that hunter-gatherer type diets improve glucose regulation and lipid
profile to a larger extent than other healthy diets such as Diabetes Diets, the
Mediterranean diet and Consensus Diets (Boers et al., 2014; Johnsson et al.,
2009; Masharani et al., 2015; Lindeberg et al., 2007). Up to today, researchers
have not investigated the possible effects on physical and psychological
symptoms. In the future, I want to investigate the effects of such a diet on
physical and psychological symptoms.
Study objective
To study if it is feasible to conduct such a investigation in the future, I
first want to search for 35 volunteers who are willing to follow the paleo diet
during four weeks and the Dutch Consensus Diet during four weeks. After both
periods of four weeks I'll ask them to what extent they actually followed the
diets, how hard it was to follow the diets and if they have suggestions for
improving the instruction manuals. Next to feasibility, I also want to estimate
effect of the paleo diet compared to the Dutch Consensus diet on physical and
psychological complaints.
Study design
Both dietary patterns are followed during four weeks. Two different short-term
studies, respectively two and three weeks, showed a significant improvement in
glucose regulation, cholesterol and blood-pressure (Boers et al., 2014;
Masharani et al. 2015). The hypothesis is that the paleo diet improves physical
and psychological symptoms within four weeks. Physical and psychological
complaints will be measured using questionnaires.
Intervention
Participants follow two dietary patterns during four weeks: The paleo diet and
the Dutch Consensus Diet.
Study burden and risks
There are no risks to participation in this study. Participants will need to
invest some extra effort in preparing their food, specifically for following
the paleo diet. Participants receive a manual for both diets including
guidelines and recipes to ease following the diets. Filling out the
questionnaires takes 1x 5 min and 2x 15 min.
Hanzeplein 1
Groningen 9713GZ
NL
Hanzeplein 1
Groningen 9713GZ
NL
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Age
Inclusion criteria
Being 18 years or older.
Good command of Dutch language.
Willing to follow both dietary patterns.
Exclusion criteria
Having to eat a low-potassium diet.
Pregnancy.
Design
Recruitment
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In other registers
| Register | ID |
|---|---|
| CCMO | NL53798.042.15 |