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Functional foods: psychological and behavioural functions.

Louise Dye1, John Blundell

  • 1School of Psychology, University of Leeds, UK. louised@psychology.leeds.ac.uk

The British Journal of Nutrition
|December 24, 2002
PubMed
Summary

Food’s impact on satiety is easier to measure than on cognitive performance. New methods may reveal subtle cognitive effects of food, aiding functional food development for appetite and brain health.

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Area of Science:

  • Nutritional Neuroscience
  • Functional Foods
  • Appetite Regulation

Background:

  • Dietary components like proteins, carbohydrates, and fats can be engineered into functional foods for appetite control.
  • Cognitive functions are robustly protected against short-term dietary changes, making their assessment challenging.
  • Current methods for evaluating food's cognitive impact may be insufficient, necessitating novel approaches.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To explore the challenges in demonstrating food's effects on cognitive performance compared to satiety.
  • To propose alternative methods for detecting subtle cognitive changes induced by dietary manipulations.
  • To discuss the potential of functional foods in managing both appetite and cognitive function.

Main Methods:

  • Comparing the ease of demonstrating effects on satiety versus cognitive performance.

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  • Investigating the use of effort-based measures to detect cognitive performance changes.
  • Examining the concept and application of biomarkers for satiety and cognitive function.

    • Main Results:

    • Satiety systems have clearer physiological signals than cognitive systems, making food effects more demonstrable.
    • Cognitive functions are resilient, potentially requiring effort-based assessments rather than direct performance metrics.
    • Biomarker interpretation differs between physiological systems and cognitive functions, with potential for surrogate endpoints.

    Conclusions:

    • Designing functional foods requires balancing satiety control with cognitive performance maintenance or enhancement.
    • Novel assessment strategies, including effort-based measures and appropriate biomarkers, are crucial for food science research.
    • This field holds significant promise for industry-academia collaboration to develop products improving human health and preventing impairment.