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Effect of Nutritional Ketosis on Alcohol Metabolism
Sponsor: University of Pennsylvania
Summary
The research study is being conducted in health controls to better understand the effects of ketosis on brain functioning after 3 different, randomly assigned, 3-day dietary interventions and the acute effects of alcohol after consuming about 4-5 alcohol beverages. The labs visits will use magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans to study the brain, measuring levels of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD), lactate, neurotransmitters glutamate, and Gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA).
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
21 Years - 50 Years
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
23
Start Date
2024-02-29
Completion Date
2026-12-01
Last Updated
2026-04-07
Healthy Volunteers
Yes
Conditions
Interventions
Ketone Supplement
Ketone supplement 3x day with control diet for 3 days.
Control Diet
Control Diet breakfast, lunch, and dinner for 3 days.
Ketogenic diet
Ketogenic Diet breakfast, lunch, and dinner for 3 days.
Ethanol
After 3 days of diet intervention, participants will receive alcohol drinks that dose-adjusts for body weight and sex differences in pharmacokinetics and calculated to obtain a final breath alcohol concentration of 0.08%
Locations (1)
University of Pennsylvania Center for Studies of Addiction
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States