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Brain and glycemic responses to soft drinks with different sweeteners (SWEETBRAIN)

Brain and glycemic responses to soft drinks with different sweeteners (SWEETBRAIN) - Brain and glycemic responses to sweet soft drinks

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
NL-OMON
Registry ID
NL-OMON51544
Enrollment
30
Registered
2022-10-25
Start date
2023-01-09
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2026-08-03

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Conditions

Fysiologie van voedselverwerking. N.v.t.

Interventions

None listed

Sponsors

Wageningen Universiteit
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Age
18 Years to 64 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: - Age between 18 and 30 years - BMI between 18.5 and 25 kg/m2 - Apparently healthy (self-reported) - Right-handed - Sufficient blood hemoglobin (Hb) levels (women > 7,5; men > 8.5 g/dl) and having antecubital veins suitable for blood sampling via a catheter - Willing to be informed about incidental findings of pathology and consenting to informing their general practitioner about this.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: - Having disturbances of glucose metabolism such as being prediabetic or diabetic - Use of medication that could influence study results including insulin/metformin/proton pump inhibitors, antacids, anti-depressants - Allergy or intolerance for any of the study products/compounds (sucrose, sucralose, stevia extraxt, allulose, monk fruit extract) - Being a regular smoker (smoking more than one cigarette or e-cigarette with nicotin per day) - Drinking more than 14 glasses of alcohol a week - Having genetic, psychiatric or neurological diseases affecting the brain - Gastric disorders or regular gastric complaints (more than once per week), for example heart burn - Having renal or hepatic disease - Using recreational drugs more than once per week (e.g. marihuana, XTC, GHB, laughing gas) - Having given a blood donation in the past two months - Being pregnant, lactating or planning on becoming pregnant during the study - Currently following or having followed calorie-restricted diet in the past two months - Participating in other research during the study period - Not having a general practitioner - Being an employee or student of the Division of Human Nutrition and Health - Having a contra-indication to MRI scanning, including, but not limited to: o Pacemakers and defibrillators o Intraorbital or intraocular metallic fragments o Other metal objects on/in the head which cannot be removed o Ferromagnetic implants o Claustrophobia

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
rCBF in a priori defined homeostatic and reward-related brain regions of interest (ROIs; hypothalamus, striatum).

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Seed-based functional connectivity of the ROIs. Plasma glucose and insulin. Gastric content volume.

Countries

Netherlands

Outcome results

None listed

Source: NL-OMON (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Aug 9, 2026