How do fruits and vegetables keep you healthy?

Completed

• Conditions: ow fruit and vegetable consumption is linked with an increased risk of all cause mortality and death from several conditions including vascular disease and cancer.; Nutritional, Metabolic, Endocrine

• Registration Number: ISRCTN71368072
• Lead Sponsor: niversity of Aberdeen

Brief Summary

2017 results in https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28560503

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2015-08-19
• Study Completion: 2016-03-31
• Last Update Posted: 2019-01-14

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 40

Inclusion Criteria

1. Habitually consume less than 2 portions of fruits and vegetables per day
2. Healthy
3. Aged between 38 and 60 years
4. Body mass index between 18 and 39
5. Non-smoker
6. Resident of North East Scotland

Exclusion Criteria

1. Regularly consume > 3 portions of fruit & vegetables per day
2. Smoker
3. Have a chronic medical condition e.g. inflammatory bowel disease, gall bladder disorder, diabetes, heart disease, cancer
4. Have a known allergy to any fruit or vegetables
5. Have given a large blood donation in the last three months
6. Taking any of the following medication:
6.1. Drugs to lower high cholesterol levels (HMG CoA reductase inhibitors)
6.2. Drugs to lower high blood pressure (calcium channel antagonists)
6.3. Non-sedating antihistamine
6.4. Drugs used in immuno-suppression therapy following transplantation
6.5. Drugs used in AIDS therapy
6.6. Drugs to lower inflammation (non-steroidal anti-inflammatories)
6.7. Aspirin (on a regular basis)

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified