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Olives For Health: Benefits of Introducing Table Olives into the Diet

This study, called "Olives For Health," is looking at whether eating table olives can improve the health of young adults. Researchers want to see if adding organic olives to your daily diet for 5 weeks can lower your "bad" cholesterol (LDL) and other health markers. They are looking for healthy college students (freshmen, sophomores, or juniors) between 18 and 23 years old who are willing to eat 6 olives daily. The study aims to see if daily olive consumption leads to a 4.5% decrease in LDL cholesterol levels. The current recruitment status is unclear.

Study design
This is an interventional, randomized clinical trial planning to enroll 226 participants.
What's involved
You would need to consume 6 olives daily for 5 weeks. Blood draws will be taken at the beginning and end of the 5-week period.
Compensation
Not stated in the trial record.
Follow-up
Your health markers will be measured at baseline and after 5 weeks.

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NCT05218980

Health-related Benefits of Introducing Table Olives Into the Diet of Young Adults: Olives For Health

Not Yet Recruiting
NAAges 18–23InterventionalPrevention
Yale University
~226 participants
Updated 2026-05-13 on ClinicalTrials.gov
What's tested:Olives

At a glance

Recruiting sites
0 of 1 listed site is recruiting right now
RecruitingSuspended, closed, or not yet open
What they're measuring
Change From Baseline in Mean LDL at Week 5
Measured over at baseline and week 5
+1 more outcome measured

Conditions

Healthy Diet
Cholesterol
Healthy Lifestyle
Healthy Nutrition

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Where it's being run

1 sites across 1 states
Connecticut1

Study leadership

  • Tassos Kyriakides, PhD · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · Yale University

Who to contact

Tassos Kyriakides, PhD
[email protected]
(203) 606-1401
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Eligibility criteria

Inclusion

Yale College Freshman, Sophomore, or Junior
Ability and desire to sign informed consent
Stated willingness to comply with all study procedures and availability for the duration of the study
Male or female, age 18 on the day of consent
Ability and desire to consume 6 olives daily

Exclusion

Yale College Senior
Unable to provide informed consent form
Self-reported pregnancy
Unwillingness to comply with all study procedures and/or be available for the duration of the study
Inability and desire to consistently consume 6 olives per day
Inability to consume fruit with pits
Current and consistent use of \> 6 olives per day
Current and consistent use of ≥ 1 tablespoon of extra virgin olive oil (EVOO) per day
Known allergic reactions to olives and/or their derivatives
Known reactions to blood draw

What this trial measures

  • Change From Baseline in Mean LDL at Week 5at baseline and week 5

    Blood draw to assess LDL at baseline and week five. Change will be calculated by comparing means of the differences (5 weeks-Baseline) between the two study groups, a decrease in the mean from baseline is positive.

  • Compliance/adherence to daily interventionup to week 5

    Assessment and verification of receipt of the olives will be tied to the dining hall card swipe that is part of the student's access to the dining facility, for study participants in the olives group. Swipe=adherent.