Prioritized research recommendations and potential solutions: addressing gaps surrounding dietary supplement ingredients for boosting brain health and optimizing cognitive performance
| Autor: | Katie Frushour, Courtney Boyd, Jared Ross, LaVerne L. Brown, Caesar Junker, Cindy Crawford, Ikhlas A. Khan, Jonathan Cordell, Patricia A. Deuster, Rebecca Costello |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Nutrition and Dietetics
Boosting (machine learning) Standardization Process (engineering) Computer science Endocrinology Diabetes and Metabolism media_common.quotation_subject Dietary supplement Brain Certainty Endocrinology Cognition Risk analysis (engineering) Dietary Supplements Humans Quality (business) Effects of sleep deprivation on cognitive performance Product (category theory) media_common |
| Zdroj: | Nutrition research (New York, N.Y.). 96 |
| ISSN: | 1879-0739 |
| Popis: | In the market of dietary supplements, a low level of certainty exists in the state of the science, coupled with not always knowing what is in the product. Together these issues make weighing benefits/risks difficult and hinder the ability to guide evidence-based practice decisions. The authors sought to identify priorities and develop potential solutions to address research gaps so that information disseminated, can ultimately, be relied upon, when trying to make appropriate and safe decisions. Using a modified-Delphi process, eight panelists reviewed evidence, provided from systematic review, on dietary supplement ingredients for brain health, and prioritized gaps identified and offered potential solutions. Research gaps specific to dietary supplements research included the need for quality testing of products, the question of bioavailability and absorption of ingredients, and optimal composition and standardization of supplements under investigation. Other gaps related to populations studied; a general sense of bias towards focusing research on diseased rather than maintaining or optimizing performance in healthy populations. Additionally, the lack of uniform cognitive performance measures and metrics used across research is a gap, as well as whether the metrics are accurate representations of or even generalizable to “real-life” participants wishing to optimize their performance. Methodological quality and ethical concerns in the conduct and reporting of science encompass all issues. If resources map to potential solutions outlined in this paper, then these proposed next steps offered will help facilitate meaningful research, move evidence into practice recommendations, and ultimately develop better decision-making tools for consumers to trust and rely upon for making safe supplement decisions. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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