Study on the Possible Effects of Diet Supplementation With Essential Fatty Acids in Chocolate Craving Volunteers

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2011-01-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether essential polyunsaturated acids (omega 3) are capable of reducing chocolate craving symptoms in healthy patients.

Our hypothesis is that the omega 3 fatty acids have properties which stabilize and normalize neuronal functioning in many conditions, including chocolate craving.

• Phase: Phase 2/Phase 3
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Federal University of São Paulo
• Collaborators: Associação Fundo de Incentivo à Pesquisa; Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico; Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo
• Treatments: Mineral Oil

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Clinical diagnosis of chocolate compulsion or craving, ECAP score > 12.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Psychiatric disease of any sort (by the DSM IV criteria, Use of psychoactive drugs of any sort, BMI > 25 (kg/m2).