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Ketogenic Diet Interventions in Parkinson's Disease: Safeguarding the Gut Microbiome
In Brief
A clinical study evaluating Mediterranean-Ketogenic Diet and Mediterranean diet supplemented with medium-chain triglyceride oil for Parkinson Disease. Completed, enrolled 52 participants across 1 site.
Detailed Summary
Parkinson's Disease (PD) is the second most common neurodegenerative disorder with common gut-related symptoms, which are attributed to alterations in the gut microbiome - the collection of microorganisms that live within the gut. Classical ketogenic diets (KD) have shown to be beneficial in PD and non-PD populations but are associated with alterations in the gut microbiome that are characteristic of a perturbed system. This study aims to investigate the safety of modified Mediterranean-ketogenic interventions that are thought to be safer alternatives to the classical KD, as it relates to the gut microbiome health in patients with PD. We hypothesize that the modified Mediterranean-ketogenic interventions will not be associated with any significant perturbation of the gut microbiome in PD patients.
Study Details
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Interventions
In the MeDi-KD group, the participants will adhere to a modified Mediterranean-ketogenic diet. The ketogenic component of the diet will require limiting the intake of carbohydrates to about 10% of all calories consumed in a day, while obtaining most of the energy from healthy fats, mostly from plant-based sources (\~70-75% of your daily caloric intake) and lean proteins (\~15-20% of your daily caloric intake). The ketogenic ratio (the ratio of fat to carbohydrates) will be gradually increased during the first week from 1:1 to 3:1. The Mediterranean component of the diet will encourage the participants to consume more green leafy vegetables, nuts, and olive oil, while limiting the consumption of processed or fried food, red meat, full-fat dairy, and sweets.
The participants will adhere to the Mediterranean diet. In addition, they will be asked to take two daily doses of medium-chain triglyceride oil (MCT oil). The MCT oil supplement (Nutiva MCT oil, Nutiva Inc.) is approved by Health Canada (NPN: 80086912) and will be used according to its approved condition of use (i.e., source of medium-chain fatty acids which supports energy production in the body at a cellular level \[ATP\]). Each serving of this product provides 130 Calories from MCTs (14 g) with a C8-C10 ratio of 60:40. Nutiva MCT oil can be mixed into any beverage of choice, but cannot be used for cooking. participants will start the intervention by taking 5 mL of MCT oil twice daily for the first day to acclimate their bodies to the supplement and gradually increase the dose to 14 g BID by the end of week 1. The participants may be asked to increase the dose to 20 mL of MCT twice daily if tolerability remains positive.