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Kitchen cure: culinary medicine may help reverse metabolic syndrome

NCT ID NCT07702695

Disease control Sponsor: Fundacion Clinic per a la Recerca Biomédica Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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First seen Jul 14, 2026 · Last updated Jul 15, 2026 · Updated 1 time

Summary

This study tests whether adding hands-on cooking classes to standard Mediterranean diet advice helps adults aged 30-60 with metabolic syndrome improve their health. Participants receive either diet counseling alone or counseling plus culinary training, including recipe booklets and cooking videos. Over 6 months, researchers track changes in waist size, blood pressure, blood sugar, and cholesterol to see if the cooking component leads to better outcomes.

What this could mean

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Active substance
Mediterranean diet-based culinary intervention
What this could lead to
If successful, this approach could offer a practical, food-based strategy to reverse metabolic syndrome and reduce the risk of heart disease and diabetes.
What could go wrong
This is a small, early-stage trial with 120 participants, so results may not apply to everyone. The benefit of added cooking classes over standard diet advice may be modest.

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Phase

Not a phased trial

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Participants

About 120 people

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Expected to start

Sep 2026

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Expected to finish

Mar 2028

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Lead sponsor

Other sponsor

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Who can take part

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Ages

30 to 60 years

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

Not accepted

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Inclusion Criteria: * Men and women * Age between 30 and 60 years * Body mass index (BMI) between 20 and 35 kg/m² * Presence of metabolic syndrome defined as having at least three of the following criteria: 1. HDL cholesterol \<40 mg/dL in men and \<50 mg/dL in women 2. Fasting glucose \>100 mg/dL or use of hypoglycemic agents 3. Triglycerides ≥150 mg/dL or use of lipid-lowering medication 4. Blood pressure ≥130/85 mmHg 5. Waist circumference ≥102 cm in men and ≥88 cm in women Exclusion Criteria: * Food allergies or intolerances to foods typical of the Mediterranean diet * Gluten intolerance or celiac disease * Adherence to a vegetarian or vegan diet * Eating disorders (including anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and binge eating disorder) * Moderate to severe psychiatric disorders that may compromise adherence to the intervention * History of cardiovascular events * BMI \>35 kg/m² * Extreme dietary patterns in the last 3 months (e.g., Atkins diet, very high-protein diets) * Excessive alcohol consumption (\>30 g/day for men and \>20 g/day for women) * Pregnancy or lactation * Previous culinary training or formal culinary education

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Conditions

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abdominal obesity-metabolic syndrome Inflammation Insulin Resistance metabolic syndrome X Obesity

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Metabolic syndrome

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • IDIBAPS - Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (Hospital Clínic de Barcelona)

    Barcelona, Barcelona, 08035, Spain

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