Rate of Water Appearance/Delivery in the Blood Water Balance
Conditions
Brief summary
To determine the effects of a moderate amount of amino acids on the rate of water absorption and availability as a precursor fluid for sweat. Young and healthy (male or female) volunteers will take part in three experimental trials. In each trial, volunteers will be given one of two commercially available sports drinks or a commercially available sport drink with added amino acids in a double-blinded, randomised, crossover design. Each drink will be a single 550 mL bolus. All beverages will be labelled with deuterium (D2O). Trials will be compared for temporal accumulation of deuterium in plasma over the course of 60 minutes. Whole blood measurements of haemoglobin and haematocrit will also be made and plasma volume changes calculated. It is hypothesised that the amino acid trial will increase the rate of fluid absorption.
Interventions
The composition of sport drinks will be manipulated to determine the effect of drink composition on the appearance of ingested water in body fluid.
Sponsors
Entrinsic Beverage Company LLC
Loughborough University
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
CROSSOVER
Primary purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
DOUBLE (Subject, Investigator)
Masking description
Double-blind
Intervention model description
Double-blind, randomised, crossover design
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 50 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Generally fit and healthy (determined by health screen questionnaire) * Recreationally active (minimum 3 hours of physical activity per week including walking)
Exclusion criteria
* Any cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, renal or acute/chronic health conditions that may influence the outcomes * Smoking (including vaping) * BMI of greater than 30 (combined with a body fat percentage greater than 20%) or BMI lower than 17.5
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Time at which drink absorption rate was maximum (tmax) | 60 minutes | Determined from D2O values in venous blood samples collected before and after drink ingestion |
| Maximum absorption of drink (Cmax) | 60 minutes | Determined from D2O values in venous blood samples collected before and after drink ingestion |
| Area under the curve for D2O | 60 minutes | Determined from D2O values in venous blood samples collected before and after drink ingestion |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Plasma volume | 60 minutes | Determined from haemoglobin and haematocrit measures in venous blood samples collected before and after drink ingestion |
| Urine volume | Post-trial (at 60 minutes) | Determined from urine samples collected after drink ingestion |
| Plasma osmolality | 60 minutes | Determined from venous blood samples collected before and after drink ingestion |
| Urine specific gravity | 60 minutes | Determined from urine samples collected before and after drink ingestion |
Countries
United Kingdom
Outcome results
None listed