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Trial reportNutrients2020

Effect of a 12-Week Almond-Enriched Diet on Biomarkers of Cognitive Performance, Mood, and Cardiometabolic Health in Older Overweight Adults.

Alison Mary Coates, Samantha Morgillo, Catherine Yandell, Andrew Scholey, Jonathan David Buckley, Kathryn Ann Dyer, Alison Marie Hill

Abstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Nutrients, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers, 7 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

25 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Alison Mary CoatesSchool of Health Sciences, University of South Australia, Adelaide 5001, SA, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-1031-2545
Samantha MorgilloSchool of Health Sciences, University of South Australia, Adelaide 5001, SA, Australia.
Catherine YandellSchool of Health Sciences, University of South Australia, Adelaide 5001, SA, Australia.
Andrew ScholeyCentre for Human Psychopharmacology, Swinburne University, Melbourne 3122, VIC, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-4484-5462
Jonathan David BuckleySchool of Health Sciences, University of South Australia, Adelaide 5001, SA, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-0298-2186
Kathryn Ann DyerSchool of Health Sciences, University of South Australia, Adelaide 5001, SA, Australia.
Alison Marie HillAlliance for Research in Nutrition, Exercise and Activity (ARENA), University of South Australia, Adelaide 5001, SA, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-6732-4224

Funding

Almond Board of California 2015-2016
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Long term nut consumption is associated with reduced risk of coronary heart disease and better cognitive function. This study examined supplementing habitual diets with almonds or carbohydrate-rich snack foods (providing 15% energy) on biomarkers of cardiovascular and metabolic health, mood and cognitive performance. Participants (overweight/obese, 50-80 years) were randomised to an almond-enriched diet (AED) or isocaloric nut-free diet (NFD) for 12 weeks. Body weight, blood lipids, glucose, insulin, blood pressure (BP), arterial stiffness, cell adhesions molecules, C reactive protein (CRP), mood, and cognitive performance (working memory primary outcome), dietary profiles and energy intake/expenditure were measured at baseline and Week 12 in 128 participants (n = 63 AED, n = 65 NFD). Compared with NFD, AED was associated with altered macro and micronutrient profiles, but no differences in energy intake or expenditure. The AED significantly reduced triglycerides and SBP but there were no other changes in cardiometabolic biomarkers, mood, or cognitive performance. The inclusion of almonds in the diet improves aspects of cardiometabolic health without affecting cognitive performance or mood in overweight/obese adults.

Indexed as

AffectCognitionDietary SupplementsMemory, Short-TermNegative ResultsPrunus dulcisAgedAged, 80 and overAge FactorsBiomarkersBody Mass IndexCoronary DiseaseFemaleHumansMiddle AgedOverweightBiomarkersTriglyceridesalertnesscardiometabolic healthlipidsnutsoverweight

Identifiers

PMID32340150
PMCPMC7230374

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