About this trial
This observational study aims to investigate the impact of different dietary patterns on brain tissue biomarkers in healthy young adults by measuring blood levels of NfL and GFAP.
The primary research question is: Do vegan, vegetarian, or omnivorous diets influence NfL and GFAP levels?
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
Healthy individuals who have followed a vegan, vegetarian, or omnivorous diet for at least one consecutive year
Aged between 18 and 40 years
Provision of written informed consent
Disqualifiers
Diagnose neurological disorders (e.g. neurodegenerative, inflammatory, autoimmune, infectious, vascular)
Eating disorders
Excessive alcohol consumption
Pregnancy
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- Not listed
Trial groups
Sponsors and collaborators
Salzburger Landeskliniken
Lead sponsor
Medizinische Einrichtungen der Universität Düsseldorf
Collaborator
Medizinische Fakultät der Universität zu Köln
Collaborator
Universitätsklinkum Münster - Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik B
Collaborator