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Dietary Pulses for Skin Health Study

This study is exploring whether adding polyphenol-rich pulses (like lentils, kidney, pinto, and black beans) to your daily diet can improve skin health. Researchers believe these pulses might help by changing the skin's microbiome (the community of tiny organisms on your skin) and lipids (fats), and by reducing inflammation and oxidative stress. You would be asked to eat either a pulse diet or a control white rice diet for 10 weeks. The main goal is to see how your skin reacts to UV radiation after this period. This study is looking for healthy women between 45 and 65 years old with a BMI between 18.5 and 29.9. The current status of this study is unclear, and it plans to enroll 50 participants.

Study design
This is an interventional study, meaning participants will receive a specific diet. It plans to enroll 50 healthy women aged 45-65.
What's involved
Participants will consume either cooked pulses or cooked white rice daily over a 10-week period. Skin sensitivity after UV radiation will be measured at 84 days.
Compensation
Not stated in the trial record.
Follow-up
Skin sensitivity will be measured at 84 days, which is after the 10-week intervention period.

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NCT06538415

Adding Polyphenol-rich Pulses to Daily Diet Improves Skin Health by Reshaping the Skin Microbiome

Recruiting
NAAges 45–65InterventionalPrevention
University of Florida
~50 participants
Updated 2026-07-02 on ClinicalTrials.gov
What's tested:Pulse DietControl Rice Diet

At a glance

Recruiting sites
1 of 1 listed site is recruiting right now
RecruitingSuspended, closed, or not yet open
What they're measuring
Skin sensitivity after UV radiation
Measured over 84 days

Conditions

Healthy

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Where you'd take part

This study runs at 1 site. They're the same protocol — you choose where, and that choice sets who your contact draft is addressed to.

  • Food Science and Human Nutrition

    Gainesville, Floridastudy coordinator listed

    Recruiting

Sites open and close at different times, so the status above is per site — it can differ from the study's overall status.

Who to contact

Liwei Gu, PhD
[email protected]
(352)2943730
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Eligibility criteria

Inclusion

BMI (18.5-29.9)
Body weight ≥110 pounds
Fitzpatrick skin type 1,2 and 3.

Exclusion

pregnancy
breast-feeding
impaired fasting glucose
frequent alcohol use
history of skin cancer
sunbathing and the use of tanning bed, intake of vitamin/mineral supplements
habitual high intake of fruits (≥ 2 cups daily)
intake of medication that might influence the outcome of the study

What this trial measures

  • Skin sensitivity after UV radiation84 days

    Irradiation will be applied to dorsal skin (back, scapular region not typically exposed to the sun) with 2 times of minimal erythema dose using an FDA approved UVB phototherapy light and a UV light meter. At baseline and after 70 days, skin color will be measured before and 24 hours after irradiation. Skin color will be evaluated by a colorimeter. The a\*-value (red/green-axis) is a measure of reddening (erythema).