Griffin Hospital in Derby seeks volunteers for vegan diet study

The Yale-Griffin Prevention Research Center at Griffin Hospital in Derby seeks adult volunteers to take part in a study looking at how a vegan diet, with or without eggs, affects diet quality and heart health./ Contributed photo

DERBY - The Yale-Griffin Prevention Research Center at Griffin Hospital is looking for adult volunteers to take part in a study looking at how a vegan diet, with or without eggs, affects diet quality and heart health.

Study participants will eat a plant-based diet for approximately five months, including eggs for six weeks.

The study team plans to enroll 35 adults in this study, including men who are 25 to 75 years old, and women up to 75 years of age who have gone through menopause, but are not on hormone replacement therapy. 

Those who qualify must be non-smokers, and have an increased risk for developing type 2 diabetes based on certain criteria for this study.
Benefits for those who participate in this study include free study-related dietary counseling from a dietitian, free health testing, free eggs, grocery store gift cards to purchase vegan foods, and a total of $600 for completing the study.

For more information and to be considered for this study, call Rockiy at 203-732-1265 ext. 300.

This study is funded by the Egg Nutrition Center, the science and nutrition education division of the American Egg Board that sponsors health-related scientific research that is primarily focused on eggs.

This is a press release from Griffin Hospital.