Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
Conditions
Brief summary
It has been questioned whether patients with type 2 diabetes who are advised to restrict their fruit consumption to two or less pieces of fruits daily have better outcomes (HbA1c, body weight, fruit intake and serum lipids) after three months compared to patients with type 2 diabetes who are advised to eat at least two pieces of fruits. To the investigators' knowledge, no randomized controlled trial has evaluated this. The investigators therefore perform a randomized controlled trial including 76 patients with type 2 diabetes to investigate this. The investigators' hypothesis is that: Type 2 diabetics who are advised to restrict their fruit consumption have the same Hba1c three months after an initially dietary treatment as type 2 diabetics who are advised not to restrict their fruit consumption.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALdietary treatment
A standard dietary treatment except that they are advised to restrict their fruit intake.
Sponsors
Hospitalsenheden Vest
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* patients refered from a general practitioner
Exclusion criteria
* no Hba1c when refered * Hba1c lower than 5% or higher than 12% * patients that require a translator * patients with severe cardiovascular, renal or endocrine disease * psychiatric patients * pregnant patients
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Change in Hba1c | three months |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| change in bodyweight | three months |
| change in serum lipids | three months |
| change in fruit intake | three months |
Countries
Denmark
Outcome results
None listed