None
Conditions
Interventions
Continuous consumption for 12 weeks of a beverage containing the test substance
Continuous consumption for 12 weeks of Placebo beverage
Sponsors
SHISEIDO CO., LTD.
KAGOME CO., LTD
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
Female
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Persons who meet all of the following conditions will be selected. 1.Individuals who have expressed a desire to participate in the study, understood the explanation, and can provide written consent to participate in the study 2. Healthy Japanese women aged 35-50 3. Individuals who are aware of a lack of vegetables 4. Individuals who are concerned about a decrease in skin elasticity 5. Individuals with a regular lifestyle (those who wake up in the morning and go to bed at night, with relatively regular wake-up and bedtimes) 6. Individuals who are able to fill out documents such as consent forms, questionnaires, and test product intake diaries
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Those who meet even one of the following conditions will be excluded. 1. Taking medicines, foods for specified health uses, functional foods, health foods, or beauty supplements that claim to have moisturizing effects, skin elasticity maintenance effects, or estrogen-like effects (3 times or more per week) 2. Taking supplements containing carotenoids (3 times or more per week) 3. Taking concentrated mixed vegetable juice, mixed vegetable and fruit juice, tomato juice, carrot juice, orange juice, green juice, or mango juice (3 times or more per week) 4. Taking carrots, pumpkin, spinach, or chrysanthemums (3 times or more per week) 5. Having significant abnormalities in the skin condition of the test site 6. Having had cosmetic medical treatment that could affect the test site 7. Having not yet received facial or body beauty treatment for more than one month ago 8. Atopic dermatitis, etc. 9. Currently visiting a doctor and using medicines 10. BMI is less than 18.5 and more than 25 11. Smoker 12. Excessive alcohol intake 13. Asthma 14. Hay fever 15. Pregnant or planning to be pregnant, or breastfeeding 16. Currently participating in a study involving the ingestion of other beverages or medicines, or a study involving the application of cosmetics or medicines, or participating in a similar study and having completed the study more than 3 months ago 17. May develop allergic symptoms from ingesting the test product 18. Planning to travel overseas or take a long domestic trip during the study period 19. Night shift or two-shift work (different from the daily rhythm of waking up in the morning and going to bed at night) 20. Other subjects that the study director or study manager deems inappropriate (uncooperative subjects, etc.)
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Moisture content of the dermis | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Skin viscoelasticity Blood factors Skin carotenoid levels Full face photo questionnaire | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
Public ContactKanako Sakurai
Inforward, inc Ebisu skin research center
Outcome results
None listed