Honey and Mood
Study Description
“NECTAR Study: Nectar (Honey) Effects on Comfort, Thoughts, and Regularity”
This study aims to test the central hypothesis that adding to the diet daily yogurt with honey provides beneficial effects on digestive health and subjective mood in healthy adults.
Location
Methods
No pharmaceutical medication involved
Patients and healthy individuals accepted
Dietary Supplement - Yogurt with B. lactis and added honey
The intervention condition will utilize a commercially available yogurt (Activia) that contains Bifidobacterium animalis lactis DN-173 010/CNCM I-2494 (B. lactis). Participants will consume 170 g of yogurt with honey twice daily for 14 days.
Dietary Supplement - Yogurt with heat-inactivated B. lactis and added cane sugar
The control condition will utilize a commercially available yogurt (Activia) following heat inactivation of the probiotic Bifidobacterium animalis lactis DN-173 010/CNCM I-2494 (B. lactis). Participants will consume 170 g of the heat-inactivated yogurt with added cane sugar twice daily for 14 days.The added cane sugar will be an isocaloric amount to the honey.
Additional Information
Official Study Title
NECTAR Study: Nectar (Honey) Effects on Comfort, Thoughts, and Regularity
Clinical Trial ID
NCT04187950
ParticipAid ID
e0RJ7b
