The Impact of Ashwagandha on Perceived Stress, Sleep and Food Cravings in College Students

PHASE2CompletedINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

60

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

May 29, 2019

Primary Completion Date

April 10, 2020

Study Completion Date

April 10, 2020

Conditions
StressSleepCravingWell Being
Interventions
DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Ashwagandha

Intervention and placebo group each received a bottle of 60 capsules. Subjects were instructed to take one capsule in the morning and 1 capsule in the evening. Intervention group was getting 350 mg ashwagandha root extract per capsule (or 700 mg per day). Each intervention capsule delivered 2.5 mg withanolides with equivalence of 2,700 mg dry herb.

OTHER

Placebo

The Placebo group received the same type of bottle with similar looking capsules. Each person in the placebo group was instructed to take 1 capsule twice a day (2 capsules total). Capsules were filled with glycerin to the same weight as ashwagandha. Capsules were indistinguishable from each other.

Trial Locations (1)

80918

University of Colorado Colorado Springs, Colorado Springs

All Listed Sponsors
lead

University of Colorado, Colorado Springs

OTHER

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