Consuming a guaraná and vitamin and mineral complex can improve mental fatigue and cognitive function at rest; guaraná also contains caffeine, which can reduce perceived exertion and increase fat burning during exercise. The purpose of this study is to test whether consuming a guaraná and vitamin and mineral product before exercise influences affect (mood), physical exertion and fat burning during exercise and mental fatigue, cognitive performance and affect post-exercise.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
QUADRUPLE
Enrollment
40
Brain, Performance and Nutrition Research Centre, Northumbria Univerity
Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom
Affect
Affect measured using the Feeling Scale and Felt Arousal Scale
Time frame: Assessed pre-exercise, at 10min intervals during exercise and 45 and 75min post-exercise
Exertion
Rate of perceived exertion measured using the Borg scale
Time frame: Measured at 10min intervals during exercise
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