What this means
This study is still recruiting people, and no results have been posted yet. It will test whether blueberries with or without exercise affect thinking over 12 weeks.
Plain-English summary written by an AI model from the registry listing.
- Status
- Recruiting
- Who can join
- Ages 65–85
- Where
- 1 site, including North Carolina
The science
- Registered title
- Cognition, Flavonoids, Exercise, Gut Microbiome
- Trial ID
- NCT06495190 ↗
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Study type
- interventional
- Conditions
- Cognitive Decline, Mild
- What is tested
- Blueberry, Walking, Placebo, Stretching
- Sponsor
- Appalachian State University
- Ages
- 65 Years to 85 Years
- Dates
- First posted Jul 10, 2024 · updated Mar 12, 2025
Registry summary
This NIH project will examine the effects of routine flavonoid-rich blueberry intake (12-weeks), combined with or in the absence of regular moderate exercise, on cognitive function in a clinical population of older participants identified as experiencing age-related cognitive changes. This project's hypothesis is that the combination of flavonoid-rich diet and routine physical activity may potentiate cognitive benefits and reduce cognitive decline in an aging population, via mechanisms mediated by the gut microbiome.
Sites (1)
- Appalachian State University Human Performance Lab, North Carolina Research Campus, Kannapolis, North Carolina, United States