Cognitive Performance Following Ingestion of Glucose–Fructose Sweeteners That Impart Different Postprandial Glycaemic Responses: A Randomised Control Trial
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Design
2.2. Sweetened Beverages
2.3. Test Day Procedures
2.4. Glycaemic and Insulinaemic Response Testing
2.5. Cognitive Testing
2.6. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Sensory Testing
3.2. Glycaemic and Insulinaemic Testing
3.3. Cognitive Performance Testing
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Cognitive Test | Time (min) | Sucrose (n = 70) | Isomaltulose + Sucralose (n = 70) | Mean Difference (95% CI) | p |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Film Question (n) | 30 | 5.6 (1.5) | 5.6 (1.4) | 0.1 (−0.2, 0.5) | 0.463 |
Film Question (n) | 80 | 5.5 (1.8) | 5.2 (1.8) | −0.3 (−0.8, 0.2) | 0.252 |
Film Question (n) | 130 | 5.0 (1.5) | 5.0 (1.7) | 0.0 (−0.5, 0.5) | 0.927 |
Word Recall (n) | 30 | 11.4 (3.4) | 10.7 (3.0) | −0.5 (−1.4, 0.3) | 0.198 |
Word Recall (n) | 80 | 10.7 (3.2) | 11.1 (3.5) | 0.4 (−0.4, 1.3) | 0.301 |
Word Recall (n) | 130 | 11.0 (3.5) | 10.5 (3.3) | −0.4 (−1.1, 0.4) | 0.357 |
Trail Making Part B (sec) | 140 | 52.3 (26.1) | 53.0 (23.9) | −0.3 (−6.9, 6.3) | 0.928 |
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Keesing, C.; Mills, B.; Rapsey, C.; Haszard, J.; Venn, B. Cognitive Performance Following Ingestion of Glucose–Fructose Sweeteners That Impart Different Postprandial Glycaemic Responses: A Randomised Control Trial. Nutrients 2019, 11, 2647. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu11112647
Keesing C, Mills B, Rapsey C, Haszard J, Venn B. Cognitive Performance Following Ingestion of Glucose–Fructose Sweeteners That Impart Different Postprandial Glycaemic Responses: A Randomised Control Trial. Nutrients. 2019; 11(11):2647. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu11112647
Chicago/Turabian StyleKeesing, Celeste, Brianna Mills, Charlene Rapsey, Jillian Haszard, and Bernard Venn. 2019. "Cognitive Performance Following Ingestion of Glucose–Fructose Sweeteners That Impart Different Postprandial Glycaemic Responses: A Randomised Control Trial" Nutrients 11, no. 11: 2647. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu11112647