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Eating Chocolate at the Right Time Benefits the Circadiam Sytem and Metabolic Efficiency.

NCT03949803 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 19

Last updated 2025-04-15

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Summary

The purpose of this investigation is to test the hypothesis that in humans, eating a relatively big amount of chocolate at the wrong time (bedtime) may disrupt our circadian system (change the circadian phase), while taking this same amount of chocolate in the morning (wake up condition) may synchronize it. Other related factors may be also affected such as total body weight and body fat, dietary habits (total energy intake and macronutrient distribution), the timing of food intake and of sleep, daily rhythms of TAP, microflora composition and postprandial glycemia.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Chocolate 100gr

Evening/Night Chocolate: Eating 100gr of milk chocolate within 1 hours of habitual bedtime Control Chocolate: Eating no milk chocolate or other chocolate Chocolate Morning: Eating chocolate within one hour of habitual waketime.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Universidad de Murcia

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
CROSSOVER

Eligibility

Min Age
45 Years
Max Age
65 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-11-01
Primary Completion
2017-01-15
Completion
2017-04-20

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