The Effects of Dietary Factors on Physiological Subjective Stress Responses (AivoPro2)

University of Helsinki

Status: Completed

Conditions: Chronic Stress

Treatments: Dietary Supplement: Yogurt-like snacks

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; Industry

Identifiers

NCT01544270

UH-SHOK-002

Details and patient eligibility

About

The study aims to investigate the role of dietary factors in chronically stressed subjects. Previous studies have shown that milk proteins, B vitamins and probiotics may influence on subjective well-being in stressed subjects.

Enrollment: 101 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• STAI points 40-65
• BMI 18-30 kg/m2
• healthy

Exclusion criteria

• Gastrointestinal disease, diabetes or any other significant major medical morbidity
• milk allergy
• smoking
• excess use of alcohol
• pregnancy and breast feeding
• waist circumference males >102 cm, females >88 cm
• no medication or dietary supplements influencing measured responses

Trial design

Primary purpose: Basic Science

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Quadruple Blind

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101 participants in 3 patient groups, including a placebo group

Study product containing milk proteins

Active Comparator group

Description:

Yoghurt-like milk-based product

Treatment:

Dietary Supplement: Yogurt-like snacks

Study product containing probiotics

Active Comparator group

Description:

Yoghurt-like milk-based product

Treatment:

Dietary Supplement: Yogurt-like snacks

Control product

Placebo Comparator group

Description:

Yoghurt-like milk-based product without supplemented nutrients

Treatment:

Dietary Supplement: Yogurt-like snacks