This trial is evaluating whether TLC Dietary intervention will improve 1 primary outcome in patients with Dietary Modifications. Measurement will happen over the course of From baseline to 12 weeks follow-up.
This trial requires 100 total participants across 3 different treatment groups
This trial involves 3 different treatments. TLC Dietary Intervention is the primary treatment being studied. Participants will be divided into 3 treatment groups. There is no placebo group. The treatments being tested are not being studied for commercial purposes.
"A short (<6-week) low-fat dietary intervention, consisting of increasing vegetables as a whole rather than decreasing fat from the diet, resulted in increases in fat mass in a cohort of overweight men and women." - Anonymous Online Contributor
"Data from a recent study of this study have demonstrated that dietary modification run in families, and highlight the important influence of family environmental factors on health outcomes." - Anonymous Online Contributor
"More than 4 million US adults meet dietary guidelines each year. About 1.5 million meet dietary guidelines for cholesterol, 1.3--1.4 million meet guidelines for saturated fatty acids, and 1.5--1.7 million Americans meet recommendations for dietary fiber and micronutrients. Recommendations for improving the diet, especially for cholesterol and saturated fatty acids, are warranted." - Anonymous Online Contributor
"In the majority of the cases, the cause of dietary modifications may be difficult to identify. They vary according to the patient, the dietician and the medical status of the patient. Most are due to fear of developing another illness, or to search for a healthier lifestyle. A diet that is compatible with the patient's medical status and lifestyle may provide the best result." - Anonymous Online Contributor
"Dietary treatment can prevent the onset or retard the progression of many chronic diseases. Dietary modification is a low-cost and readily practical method of improving a person's health." - Anonymous Online Contributor
"Dietary modifications appear likely to be of no use in the management of type 2 diabetes. It may be possible to encourage dieters to reduce fat intake by replacing it with more lean meats and fats, however the evidence base for this approach needs to be strengthened." - Anonymous Online Contributor
"The number of signs of dietary changes is higher in long-term than short-term patients. The most common signs of dietary changes are dietary information, taste changes and poor intake of water. The number of signs of poor diet was higher in the long-term group." - Anonymous Online Contributor
"In a recent study, findings do not support dietary changes as a first line treatment for diabetes. The majority of diabetes experts support diet therapy as a good first line, short term treatment for patients without health insurance." - Anonymous Online Contributor
"TLC dietary interventions have a long history in treating various conditions but the most effective tlcs for use in therapeutic modalities is yet to be identified." - Anonymous Online Contributor
"Dietary modification is a promising intervention that may offer a viable option for patients with both chronic and aggressive gastrointestinal neoplasms. It is now warranted for us to investigate the results of such studies with different diets in larger trials with long-term follow-up." - Anonymous Online Contributor
"Although dietetic advice has been reported to improve survival, as many as 50% of people treated for cancer are known to have poor nutrition at diagnosis, and it seems that even those who receive treatment are still at risk of malnutrition. The evidence we report here suggests that nutritional intervention may have no effect on survival for people with cancer but improves nutritional status in some, most likely those with more advanced cancer." - Anonymous Online Contributor
"There are several therapeutic options that may decrease cholesterol and LDL (bad) levels or increase HDL (good) levels. These include statins, fibrates or resveratrol, lovastatin, ketogenic oil therapy and resveratrol. However, these are not yet established treatments and are currently being used off-label. In the future, it is likely that more therapeutics will be explored for treating lipid disorders." - Anonymous Online Contributor