emotional eating stress-induced eating
Conditions
Interventions
Half of participants will be provided with TRP-rich drinks (100 ml containing
1.0g of TRP, three times a day), and half will be provided with placebo (PLC)
drinks (100 ml, three times a day) for sev
Sponsors
Universiteit Maastricht
Eligibility
Age
18 Years to 99 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Age between 18 and 30 years Body Mass Index (BMI) between 20 and 25 kg/m2 Beck Depression Inventory score (BDI; Beck et al. 1961) below 11 Subjects willing and able to give written informed consent and to understand, to participate and to comply with the research project requirements.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Chronic and/or current illness Personal or family history of psychiatric illness Prescription medication use Experience with panic attack/hyperventilation attack Excessive use of alcohol (>1 units per day, 1 unit: 300ml beer, 1 glass of wine or 1 measure of spirit), coffee and/or drugs Smoking Any use of alcohol or drugs during the experiment, starting 2 days before the experimental session until the end of the experiment Pregnancy and breast feeding (also see section 4.3 of research protocol)
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| the main study parameters are changes in mood, state-anxiety, eating behaviour (anticipated preference, appetite, and actual intake and macronutrient selection) and salivary cortisol, both before and after TRP or PLC treatment and before and after stress-induction. Blood samples will be taken twice on the first, and twice on the final day of treatment, to measure dietary (TRP) induced changes in plasma amino acids (TRP/LNAA ratio). | — |
Countries
Netherlands
Outcome results
None listed