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The Effects of Dark Chocolate (70% Cacao) on EEG Brain Waves in Vigorously Active Individuals

NCT03203824 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 10

Last updated 2018-06-25

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this graduate student study is to determine if ingestion of dark chocolate (70% cacao) will change brain frequencies between visualization at a state of rest and a state of exercise performance via electroencephalography (EEG) in vigorously active individuals.

Conditions

  • Healthy

Interventions

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

dark chocolate

Participants will be provided Parliament dark chocolate (70% cocoa) from Redlands, CA. The Parliament chocolate is made with cacao and cane sugar. Each participant will be given half a piece (1.4 g) of dark chocolate to consume for this experiment over three minutes.

OTHER

non dark chocolate

No dark chocolate will be given to this group during the procedures.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Loma Linda University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Georgia Hodgkin, EdD · Loma Linda University

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Model
CROSSOVER

Eligibility

Min Age
21 Years
Max Age
45 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2017-09-05
Primary Completion
2018-06-01
Completion
2018-06-01

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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