Diet breaks may wreck metabolism and gut bugs, study warns
NCT ID NCT06782009
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looked at what happens to the body when people with obesity stop following restrictive diets like calorie cutting or intermittent fasting. Researchers measured changes in mitochondria (the cell's energy factories) and gut bacteria in 84 adults over 24 weeks. The goal is to understand why weight regain often occurs and how it affects overall health.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- calorie restriction and intermittent fasting
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could help explain why weight regain happens after dieting and point to ways to prevent it.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, completed observational study, not a treatment trial. Results may not apply to everyone and do not test a new therapy.
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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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84 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Apr 2023
- Finished
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Dec 2025
- 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 70 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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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: * Male and female. * Adults \>18 years of age. * BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2 Exclusion Criteria: * Patients with any type of diabetes. * Patients with high blood pressure. * Patients with acquired diseases secondarily producing obesity and diabetes. * Patients who have suffered a cardiovascular event. * Patients who at the screening visit presented glucose values greater than 126 mg/dL, triglycerides greater than 350 mg/dL, cholesterol greater than 300mg/dL and/or creatinine greater than 1.2 mg/dL in men and greater than 1 mg/dL in women. * Patients with gastrointestinal diseases. * Weight loss \> 3 kg in the last 3 months. * Catabolic diseases such as cancer and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. * Pregnancy status. * Positive smoking. * History of major surgery requiring general or regional anesthesia, respiratory support, and involving a recovery time longer than 2 weeks, such as surgeries of the abdomen (bowel resection), chest, head, and neck. * Diagnosis of Anxiety and Depression as Determined by the HADS Scale * Drug treatment: * Antihypertensive drugs or treatment * Treatment with hypoglycemic agents or insulin and antidiabetic drugs. * Treatment with statins, fibrates or other drugs to control dyslipidemia. * Use of antibiotics in the three months prior to the study. * Use of steroid drugs, chemotherapy, immunosuppressants, or radiation therapy. * Anorexigenic or that accelerate weight loss such as sibutramine or orlistat. * Supplements with any of the functional foods used in the study. * Probiotic, prebiotic or symbiotic supplements.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Departamento de Fisiología de la Nutrición. Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán
Mexico City, 14080, Mexico
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Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Medicas y Nutricion Salvador Zubiran
Mexico City, Tlalpan, 14080, Mexico
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