The aim of this study is to investigate the potential of coffee to act as a prebiotic to alter gut microbiota and improve mood, memory and cognitive performance.
The aim of this study is to investigate the potential of coffee to act as a prebiotic to alter gut microbiota and improve mood, memory and cognitive performance in moderate coffee drinkers compared to non-coffee drinkers healthy adults. Reaction time, socioemotional processing, visual and episodic memory, learning, and an attentional task were administered to measure cognitive performance. Self-report questionnaires on mood, behavior and lifestyle were administered and response to an acute stressor was assessed. Biological samples of saliva, urine, blood, and stool were collected to investigate microbiome-gut-brain-axis signaling such as inflammation, short chain fatty acids and other metabolites production and physiological stress.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
62
University College Cork
Cork, Ireland
Gut Microbiota composition
Shotgun metagenomics of fecal samples will be performed to quantify the proportion of bacterial taxa within the gut.
Time frame: Difference between the groups at baseline.
Gut microbial metabolites (including Short-Chain fatty acids)
Untargeted metabolomics of fecal samples
Time frame: Difference between the groups at baseline.
Coffee-related metabolites
Targeted metabolomics of coffee-related metabolomics in fecal and urine samples
Time frame: Difference between the groups at baseline.
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