Investigation of How Morning Nutrition Influences Cognitive Performance

PepsiCo

Status

Completed

Conditions

Cognitive Performance

Treatments

Other: Cereal with B glucan

Other: Cereal without B glucan

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Industry

Identifiers

NCT03169283

PEP-1323

Details and patient eligibility

About

This project will assess the effects of the macro-nutrient make-up of morning food intake on cognitive performance using visual analog scale (VAS) measures, behavioral tests, and advanced high-density electrophysiological techniques (256-channel recordings). Two Isocaloric cereal products will be tested and compared to determine if measures of cognitive performance as well as satiety will change after consumption.

Enrollment

24 patients

Sex

All

Ages

18 to 44 years old

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Healthy and taking no regular medications other than birth control or hormone replacement therapy
Willing to use an effective contraceptive during the study, if sexually active and capable of bearing children
Willing and able to sign informed consent
Normal or corrected-to-normal vision
Normal or corrected-to-normal hearing
No history of neurological or psychiatric illness, including major depressive disorder and attention deficit disorder
No history of substance, nicotine or alcohol dependence
BMI below 35

Exclusion criteria

Women who are pregnant or nursing
Gain or loss of > 4kg in the last 3 months.
Currently taking supplements or medications for weight loss
Currently taking medications for neurological or psychiatric illness
Diabetes mellitus (fasting glucose >126 mg/dL) or history of diabetes
Dietary restraint on the Three Factor Eating Questionnaire score greater than or equal to 14
Allergy to any of the foods used for the test breakfasts (oats or milk)
History of GI disorders or GI surgical procedures for weight loss
History of eating disorders
Daily consumption of more than 400 mg of caffeine