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Effects of Consumption of Nut Components on Cognitive Function, Intestinal Microbial Communities and Markers of Health

NCT03500601 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 81

Last updated 2019-03-13

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Tree nuts (for example brazil nuts, almonds, hazelnuts, walnuts, cashew nuts etc) contain a wide variety of nutrients including fatty acids, polyphenols and micronutrients. The beneficial health effects ascribed to the consumption of tree nuts include improvements to cardiovascular outcomes and regulation of glucose levels and inflammation. Emerging evidence suggests that specific components of nuts may also contribute to brain health and function.

The aim of the present study is to assess the effects of four weeks' supplementation of nut components on cognition and subjective measures. Urinary metabolites and intestinal microbial communities will also be assessed allowing biomarkers of nut exposure to be highlighted.

Conditions

  • Cognitive Function
  • Urinary Metabolites
  • Intestinal Microbiota

Interventions

OTHER

Nut components

nut components consumed daily for a period of 28 days

OTHER

Placebo

Placebo consumed daily for a period of 28 days

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • International Nut and Dried Fruit Council

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Northumbria University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Crystal Haskell-Ramsay · Northumbria University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
TRIPLE
Model
CROSSOVER

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
49 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2017-11-22
Primary Completion
2018-10-19
Completion
2018-10-19

Countries

  • United Kingdom

Study Locations

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