Can an increase in fruit and vegetable intake improve/change your skin colour and appearance?
- Conditions
- Young women from the general population not following any dietary restriction due to medical conditionsNutritional, Metabolic, Endocrine
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN86297454
- Lead Sponsor
- The University of Newcastle (Australia)
- Brief Summary
1. 2016 results in https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27160341 (added 28/01/2019)`
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- 30
1. Females aged 18-30 years
2. Low fruit and vegetable consumption (vegetables with evening meal <3-4 per week and <5-6 pieces fruit per week)
3. Able to attend the Callaghan campus on four occasions (baseline and 4 weeks, cross over)
4. Proficient in English
5. Abstain from using tanning/lotions/sprays and sunbathing for 11 weeks
1. BMI <18.5kgm2
2. Current smoker
3. Current eating disorder
4. Liver disease
5. Special diet: Coeliac, Fermentable, Oligo-, Di-, Mono-saccharides And Polyols (FODMAPS), low fibre diet
6. Metabolic disorders: type 2 diabetes, hypertension/hypotension, renal disease
7. Cardiovascular disease (CVD)
8. Gastrointestinal tract disease
9. Currently pregnant or lactating
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Skin carotenoid content as measured by spectrophotometer. Time point: Baseline, Week 5. Week 7 and Week 11
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <br> 1. Plasma carotenoids: fasting blood sample (2 x 2 ml ETDA), time point: baseline, week 5, week 7 and week 11<br> 2. Daily fruit and vegetable intake:<br> 2.1. Australian Eating Survey 2010, 137-item semi-quantitative food frequency questionnaire, time points: baseline, week 5, week 7 and week 11<br> 2.2. 24-hour recall, time points: baseline, week 5, week 7 and week 11<br> 3. Quality of life (SF12), time points: baseline, week 5, week 7 and week 11<br>