Whole Food Plant-based Diet Effect on Obstructive Sleep Apnea

Description

This research aims to develop a better understanding and clinical knowledge of the effects of a plant based diet on severity and daytime sleepiness in Obstructive Sleep Apnea.

Conditions

Obstructive Sleep Apnea, Daytime Sleepiness

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Study overview

This research aims to develop a better understanding and clinical knowledge of the effects of a plant based diet on severity and daytime sleepiness in Obstructive Sleep Apnea.

Effect of Whole Food Plant-based Diet in Patients With Obstructive Sleep Apnea

Whole Food Plant-based Diet Effect on Obstructive Sleep Apnea

Condition
Obstructive Sleep Apnea
Intervention / Treatment

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Contacts and Locations

Jacksonville

Mayo Clinic Florida, Jacksonville, Florida, United States, 32224

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * Daytime sleepiness with ESS score ≥ 5.
  • * Patient's prior sleep study with AHI between ≥ 10 and ≤ 45 (4% scoring criterion).
  • * On treatment for OSA, failed or not willing to use all other OSA treatment options
  • * Has access to a weight scale at home or able to come into the Sleep Clinic to be weighed after the 8-week plant-based diet period.
  • * Pregnancy or lactation.
  • * Current use of a vegan diet.
  • * BMI ≤ 22.
  • * Complex, central sleep apnea.
  • * Pre-existing significant degree of cardio-pulmonary disease-heart failure with reduced EF of 35 or lower, unstable arrythmia, severe degree of pulmonary hypertension, severe degree of obstructive or restrictive lung disease including COPD and Interstitial lung disease.
  • * On weight loss medications or starting new exercise regimen during the 8-week plant-based diet period.

Ages Eligible for Study

18 Years to 70 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

Mayo Clinic,

Joseph Cheung, MD, STUDY_DIRECTOR, Mayo Clinic

Study Record Dates

2026-05