Clinical Trial: You Are What You Eat: Food As a Risk Factor and a Treatment for Depression
Study Status: COMPLETED
Recruit Status: COMPLETED
Condition: Depression
Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
Official Title: You Are What You Eat: Food As a Risk Factor and a Treatment for Depression
Brief Summary:
This study experimentally investigates 1) whether ultra processed food (UPF) intake contributes to depression by increasing low mood and poor sleep due to blood glucose fluctuations (which then increases the desire to consume more UPFs) and 2) to investigate the effectiveness of a 2-week meal-kit intervention that provides convenient and tasty minimally processed foods (MPF) to reduce depression.The following aims and hypotheses are tested:Aim 1: To investigate whether UPF intake and low mood contribute to each…
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