HOUSTON — The saying goes, “If you eat well, you will be well,” but is that true? That's what UT Health hopes to learn in a research study.
"You may or may not lose weight. Sometimes when we change our habits, that weight just comes off,” said UT Health Registered Dietician Diana Guevara. “That's not our main goal. Our main goal is health."
UT Health is looking to recruit 40 people to participate in the study to learn the health benefits associated with healthy eating.
"We're looking for adults with overweight or obesity and also a metabolic marker. So something like high cholesterol, maybe high liver enzymes,” Guevara said. “People who are pre-diabetic are also encouraged to participate. Pre-diabetes is not diabetes. We're looking for someone that is looking to prevent getting sick but is not quite sick yet."
The nutrition program also includes conversations about mindfulness and physical activity.
Participants get groceries every week for the entire program, as long as they show up for the program's cooking classes.
They also have recipes for vegetarian participants and folks with a regular diet.
"Chicken's good. Chicken's pretty good,” Guevara said tasting her healthy creation. But nothing tastes as good as healthy feels.
To learn more about the program, click here.
The prescreening survey can be found here.