Investigating the Effects of Beef Consumption on Cognitive and Brain Health
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age19-24
SponsorUniversity of Nebraska Lincoln
About this trial
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if eating more beef will lead to better cognition and a healthier brain in younger adults. The main questions it aims to answer are:
* Does eating more beef lead to higher scores on cognitive tests and better quality of life? * Does eating more beef lead to better brain function?
Researchers will compare participants in the experimental group (participants who will eat 25 ounces of beef every week during the dietary intervention) to control participants (participants who will eat 5 ounces of beef every week during the dietary intervention).
Participants will:
* Be instructed to prepare and consume ready-to-eat beef meals along with their regular diet and not eat any more beef other than what they are given * Visit the study facilities once every week to pick up ready-to-eat beef meals; and complete a brief survey every week to track their consumption of the provided beef meals, and a dietary survey every 4 weeks * Visit the study facilities before and after the 12-week of intervention period for researchers to study them
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
Provision of signed and dated informed consent form
Stated willingness to comply with all study procedures and lifestyle considerations and availability for the duration of the study
Males and females; Age 19-24
Willingness to adhere to the ready-to-eat beef intervention regimen
Disqualifiers
Current use of medications that may affect their responses to dietary intervention, such as amphetamines, antidepressants, anti-diabetic medications, laxatives, antibiotics, statins and diuretics.
Known intolerance or allergy to beef
Current use of nicotine products, including vaping
Previous use of nicotine products, including vaping, within the recent 6 months at the time of pre-screening
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- Ready-to-eat beef in frozen, 5-oz packages
- Ready-to-eat beef in frozen, 1-oz packages
Treatment groups
240 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groupsSponsors and collaborators
University of Nebraska Lincoln
Lead sponsor
National Cattlemen's Beef Association, a contractor to the Beef Checkoff
Collaborator
Source ClinicalTrials.gov