Status:
COMPLETED
Role of Peanuts in Healthy Weight Gain in Athletic Individuals
Lead Sponsor:
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Conditions:
Weight Gain
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-40 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Many athletes and military personnel desire weight gain primarily as lean mass to improve performance and effectiveness in military/sport endeavors. While much is known about the energy restriction re...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Interested in gaining 5 pounds of body weight to enhance effectiveness in sport, fitness, or military training/competition.
- Willing to eat 500 kcal/d and weight train 3x/wk for 10 weeks
- Have weight trained in the past 12 months
- Not taking medications or dietary supplements that influence study results
- Non-smoker
- Without any major medical problems (including high blood pressure or coronary heart disease)
Exclusion
- Nut, peanut, tree nut or legume allergy
- No weight training experience
- Orthopedic limitations that affect ability to weight train
- Currently taking dietary supplements or prescribed pharmacological agents that may affect lean tissue accretion
- Current or past anabolic steroid use
- Have a history of or current signs of disordered eating
- Pregnant
- Abnormal levels of thyroid stimulating hormone or hemoglobin, serum lipids (e.g., fasting triglycerides \>150 mg/dL and/or total cholesterol \>200 mg/dL)
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
November 22 2021
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
November 12 2024
Estimated Enrollment :
33 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT05426109
Start Date
November 22 2021
End Date
November 12 2024
Last Update
June 10 2025
Active Locations (1)
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Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Blacksburg, Virginia, United States, 24061