Whole Food Plant-based Diet Effect on Obstructive Sleep Apnea
United States40 participantsStarted 2024-05-14
Plain-language summary
This research aims to develop a better understanding and clinical knowledge of the effects of a plant based diet on severity and daytime sleepiness in Obstructive Sleep Apnea.
Who can participate
Age range18 Years – 70 Years
SexALL
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Inclusion Criteria:
* Daytime sleepiness with ESS score ≥ 5.
* Patient's prior sleep study with AHI between ≥ 10 and ≤ 45 (4% scoring criterion).
* On treatment for OSA, failed or not willing to use all other OSA treatment options
* Has access to a weight scale at home or able to come into the Sleep Clinic to be weighed after the 8-week plant-based diet period.
Exclusion Criteria:
* Pregnancy or lactation.
* Current use of a vegan diet.
* BMI ≤ 22.
* Complex, central sleep apnea.
* Pre-existing significant degree of cardio-pulmonary disease-heart failure with reduced EF of 35 or lower, unstable arrythmia, severe degree of pulmonary hypertension, severe degree of obstructive or restrictive lung disease including COPD and Interstitial lung disease.
* On weight loss medications or starting new exercise regimen during the 8-week plant-based diet period.