None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
Study aims to investigate the effects of acute and cumulative doses of high-flavanol cocoa on cognitive function, mood, and cardiovascular health in a group of healthy younger adults.
Interventions
Participants will take one tablet of a cocoa supplement (containing 250 mg polyphenols) after baseline assessment & assessment 2 hours after ingestion (acute) and one tablet of cocoa supplement daily for 4 weeks (cumulative).
Calendars including trial information will be provided to patients at baseline. To assess compliance, patients will be instructed to mark each day when they have taken the trial capsules, and bring the calendar and any remaining trial capsules to their next appointment.
Sponsors
National Institute of Integrative Medicine
Study design
Allocation
Randomised controlled trial
Intervention model
Parallel
Primary purpose
Treatment
Masking
Blinded (masking used) (Subject, Caregiver, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 40 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
Healthy between 18-40 years of age
Exclusion criteria
1. Poor comprehension of written and spoken English 2. Psychiatric disorder 3. Suffering from endocrine or gastrointestinal disorders 4. Pregnant or lactating 5. Taking antidepressants, antipsychotics, anxiolytics, illicit drugs or any cognitive enhancing drugs 6. Undergoing participation in another study 7. Suffer from colour blindness or any other severe visual impairment 8. Taking anti-coagulants or have bleeding disorders
Outcome results
None listed