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Nutrition, Vision, and Cognition in Sport Study: Beef

NCT04427852 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 80

Last updated 2025-09-29

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Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether a 30 day beef intervention can improve peak cognitive performance in young, normally menstruating adult women. The control group will consume a daily portion of macronutrient equivalent vegetable source of protein.

Conditions

  • Cognitive Change
  • Nutrient Deficiency
  • Nutritional Anemia
  • Visual Spatial Processing
  • Diet, Healthy
  • Diet; Deficiency
  • Dietary Deficiency
  • Dietary B12 Deficiency
  • Dietary Zinc Deficiency
  • Dietary Vitamin B12 Deficiency Anemia
  • Dietary Deficiency of Selenium and Vitamin E

Interventions

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

30 day Daily consumption of 1 serving of beef

Beef patty will replace one of the participants protein servings each day for 30 days. Each serving is 114 grams of 90% lean ground sirloin given to participants as an uncooked frozen patty.

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

30 day Daily consumption of 1 serving of the vegatable protein source

Veggie patty will replace one of the participants protein servings each day for 30 days. No beef will be consumed during this period. The veggie patty is commercially available Morningstar veggie burger and is given to participants in commercial packaging as a frozen precooked patty.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Steve Riechman, PhD · Texas A&M University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
40 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2020-01-20
Primary Completion
2020-12-31
Completion
2021-06-01

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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