Weight Loss Clinical Trial
Official title:
Comparing a Low-GI Nutrigenetic and Ketogenic Diet for Weight Loss With 18 Month Follow-up
The investigators followed a convenience sample of 114 overweight and obese subjects from a weight loss clinic who followed a 24-week dietary intervention. The subjects self-selected whether to follow a standardized ketogenic diet (n=53), or a personalised low-glycemic index (GI) diet utilising information from 28 single nucleotide polymorphisms (n=61). After the 24-week study period, the subjects were monitored for an additional 18 months.
In the present study, the investigators followed patients in a clinic who self-selected
either a ketogenic diet with no nutrigenetic modification, or a low glycemic index (GI) based
diet with nutrigenetic modifications. The addition of nutrigenetic advice was not designed
nor proposed to patients as a weight loss diet, nor to predict either disease risk or obesity
risk; the aim was simply to optimize the nutrient content of an individual's daily food
intake, based on current understanding of an individual's genetic profile. The aim of this
study, therefore, was to compare the performance of the well-known, and generally the most
effective in the short-term [25], ketogenic diet to a low-GI nutrigenetic diet. A ketogenic
diet has also shown to have long-term (12 months) effectiveness for weight loss [26],
although the effects of the diet over a longer time period than this are currently unclear.
114 overweight (n=1) and obese (n=113) subjects (M = 55, F = 59, age 24-56y, all of Romanian
heritage and similar socio-economic status), who were patients at a weight management clinic
(Bucharest, Romania), gave written informed consent for their weight loss data to be
prospectively analysed for this study. All patient data were handled according to the
Romanian Code of Medical Deontology and in accordance with the Helsinki Agreement. Approval
was given by the Ethics Committee of the University and Pharmacy, Cluj Napoca, Romania
(registration number 444). Upon enrolment at the weight management clinic, the subjects
self-selected either a ketogenic diet or a low-GI nutrigenetic diet. A ketogenic diet was
utilised as the comparison diet due to its reported efficacy in the treatment of obesity
[26]. Fifty-three subjects (25 female; age 43.0 ± 7.2y) selected the ketogenic diet plan, and
61 subjects (34 female; age 42.0 ± 6.7y) selected the low-GI nutrigenetic diet plan. Subjects
in the low-GI nutrigenetic diet group underwent DNA testing (NutriGENE by Eurogenetica
Ltd/DNAfit, UK) for 28 Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs) in 22 genes with good evidence
of gene-diet/lifestyle interactions [table 1]. Overall participation in both diet groups cost
a similar amount, comprised of approximately €300 for the genetic test along with 1-month
diet plan, initial evaluation, body composition, and medical history for the nutrigenetic
group, and €280 for the ketogenic group, providing Ketostix and the same evaluations. Further
visits through the 24-week program the overall cost per patient was approximately €800. After
24 weeks diet follow up visits had no further cost.
After the 24-week study period, the subjects were monitored for an additional 18 months.
At the study onset, patients were not type 1 or type 2 diabetics, although many were
hyperglycemic, which is a common issue in obese subjects. Any patients with records of any
other disease were excluded prior to commencing the dietary intervention. The patients, apart
from obesity, were otherwise "healthy".
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