Extra fibre, better mood? small study tests the link
NCT ID NCT06899607
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looks at whether adding 10 grams of fibre to your daily diet for two weeks can improve mental wellbeing, including anxiety, stress, sleep, and mood. Researchers will track changes in 40 healthy adults aged 18-40 using questionnaires. It's a small, early-stage trial to see if this simple diet change is worth studying further.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- dietary fibre (10 grams per day)
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could point toward a simple dietary change to help ease anxiety, stress, and sleep problems.
- What could go wrong
- This is a very small, early feasibility trial with only 40 people and no placebo group, so results may not be reliable or apply to everyone.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 40 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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May 2025
- Expected to finish
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Sep 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 to 40 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Aging between 18-40 years old * Having normal vision and hearing * Having a body mass index between 18.5 and 30 * Not following a high fibre diet \>20g fibre/day as assessed by using the FiberScreen Exclusion Criteria: * Smoking * Having food allergies * Following restrictive and/or unbalanced diets * Changing dietary intake majorly in past month * Being diagnosed with any psychiatric or neurologic conditions * Being diagnosed with any cardiometabolic diseases, or hypertension or thrombosis related disorders or suffer from thyroid disease * Currently taking anticoagulants, antiplatelet medication, antidepressants, proton-pump inhibitors * Currently consuming prebiotic or probiotic supplements or laxatives * Continuous antibiotic use for \> 3 days within 1 month prior to enrolment * Continuous use of weight-loss drug for \> 1 month before screening * Having a significant gastrointestinal (GI) condition
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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University of Reading, School of Psychology and Clinical Languages
Reading, Berkshire, RG6 6ES, United Kingdom
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