Effects of Almond Versus Pistachio on Weight Loss

Novindiet Clinic

Status: Completed

Conditions: Overweight; Obesity

Treatments: Behavioral: Nut free group; Behavioral: Almond Group; Behavioral: Pistachio Group

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03120455

ND-204

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of the current study is comparing the effect of almond and pistachio, as the two common types of nuts, consumption on healthy obese and overweight female who following a hypocaloric diet for 12 weeks. The secondary aim of the current study is to evaluate of these two type of nuts on other cardiometabolic risk factors.

Enrollment: 120 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 45 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Must be female
• Must be 18-45 years of age.
• Must have Body mass index (BMI) between 27-35 kg/ m².
• Must be able to have moderate exercise.
• Must be interested to have weight loss.

Exclusion criteria

• Have allergy to nuts
• Participating in a research project involving weight loss or physical activity in the previous six months.
• Pregnancy or lactation during the previous 6 months, or planned pregnancy in the next six months.
• Taking medication that could affect metabolism or change body weight.
• Report heart problems, chest pain, and cancer within the last five years.
• Smoking
• Menopause
• Diagnosis of any chronic disease such as fatty liver, cancer, chemo/radio therapy, heart disease, immune compromised conditions, abnormal thyroid hormone level.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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120 participants in 3 patient groups, including a placebo group

Almond group (AG)

Experimental group

Description:

Obese or overweight female adults will be randomly allocated to have have almond as afternoon snack while they have a hypoenergetic diet.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Almond Group

Pistachio group (PG)

Active Comparator group

Description:

Obese or overweight female adults will be randomly allocated to have have Pistachio as afternoon snack while they have a hypoenergetic diet.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Pistachio Group

Nut Free (NFG, CG)

Placebo Comparator group

Description:

Obese or overweight female adults are asked to avoid all nuts, seeds, and nut products while they have a hypoenergetic diet. , as the control group.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Nut free group