Climate Friendly and Ecological Food on Microbiota (CLEAR)

Mälardalen University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Organic Food; Sustainability; Pesticides; Microbiota

Treatments: Other: Organic diet; Other: Control group (Control diet); Other: Climate friendly and organic diet; Other: Climate friendly diet

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03383510

2017/306

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Enrollment: 39 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 20 to 55 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Living in Västerås
• Carnivores
• Healthy

Exclusion criteria

• Vegans

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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39 participants in 4 patient groups, including a placebo group

Climate friendly group

Experimental group

Description:

The climate friendly group will receive instructions to eat according to a climate friendly diet, i.e., to replace the majority of their intake of animal based products with plant based food.

Treatment:

Other: Climate friendly diet

Organic group

Experimental group

Description:

The organic group will receive instructions to eat an organic diet, i.e., to replace at least 50% of their normally consumed food with organic equivalents.

Treatment:

Other: Organic diet

Climate friendly and organic group

Experimental group

Description:

The climate friendly and organic group will receive instructions to consume a climate friendly and organic diet, i.e, to replace the majority of their intake of animal based products with plant based food AND to consume at least 50% organic food products.

Treatment:

Other: Climate friendly and organic diet

Control group

Placebo Comparator group

Description:

The control group will receive instructions to eat according to the Nordic Nutrition Recommendations.

Treatment:

Other: Control group (Control diet)