Please sign in to follow a disease.
Mindful eating boosts Low-Carb diet success in type 2 diabetes
NCT ID NCT03837405
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tested whether adding mindful eating training to a low-carb diet education helps people with type 2 diabetes follow the diet better. About 125 adults were randomly assigned to get either diet education alone or diet education plus mindful eating sessions. The main goal was to see if the mindful eating group had better diet adherence, measured by ketone levels and carbohydrate intake.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- mindful eating training and carbohydrate-restricted diet education
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could point toward a practical way to help people with type 2 diabetes better manage their diet and reduce emotional eating.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, completed trial focused on diet adherence, not on long-term health outcomes. Results may not apply to everyone with type 2 diabetes.
This is an AI summary of the original study and may miss details. Read our disclaimer.
Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
-
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
-
125 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
-
Dec 2018
- Finished
-
Jun 2021
- Lead sponsor
-
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
-
18 years and older
- Sex
-
Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
-
Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
Show the full entry requirements Hide the full entry requirements
Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: 1. History of T2DM mellitus. 2. HbA1c ≥ 6.5% and \< 12.0% at screening. 3. Experience food-related cravings most days of the week and eat in response to these cravings regularly. 4. Aged 18 years old and older. 5. Able to engage in light physical activity. 6. Willing and able to participate in the interventions including appropriate participation in the group setting. 7. Have smartphone and are willing to use it on a regular basis for data collection. 8. Ability to speak English. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Unable to provide informed consent. 2. A substance abuse, mental health, or medical condition that, in the opinion of investigators, will make it difficult for the potential participant to participate in the intervention, that may need immediate changes in medical management that will affect study outcome measures, or that may require important adaptations in the study diet. 3. Pregnant or planning to get pregnant in the next 12 months, breastfeeding or less than 6 months post-partum. 4. Current use of weight loss medications, such as Alli or amphetamine-based drugs that may affect weight. 5. Planned or history of weight-loss (bariatric) surgery, or other intestinal surgeries that cause malabsorption. These are likely to change study outcome measures, making it difficult to distinguish the effects of the intervention program, or require extensive tailoring of the diet intervention. 6. Currently enrolled in a weight loss program, such as Weight Watchers or a self-help group such as Overeaters Anonymous, or have unalterable plans to enroll in one of these programs in the next year; using a ketogenic low carbohydrate diet in the past 6 months with advice from a health care professional; or use of a mindful eating program with guidance from a professional in the past 6 months or have ever used the study mindful-eating app. 7. Vegan or vegetarian. 8. Unwilling to do regular blood testing at home for glucose or ketone monitoring.
Get updates
Get notified about this study
Sign up to get updates when this study changes or when new studies for Type 2 diabetes mellitus are added.
Genom att skicka in godkänner du våra Användarvillkor
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
-
Osher Center for Integrative Medicine
San Francisco, California, 94115, United States
More trials for these conditions
Other studies related to the condition(s) this trial covers.
- Heartbeat test aims to catch hidden nerve damage in diabetes
- Can Home-Delivered meals help control diabetes?
- New pill takes aim at stubborn blood sugar
- Gene therapy shots aim to save legs from amputation in diabetes
- New pill takes aim at blood sugar in diabetes
- Can AI-Tailored heat warnings shield chronic disease patients from dangerous temperatures?