Institute for Behavioral Medicine Research, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH, USA.
Department of Psychology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA.
Am J Clin Nutr. 2020 Jun 1;111(6):1150-1158. doi: 10.1093/ajcn/nqaa085.
Saturated-fat intake and endotoxemia can impair cognition. However, their acute impact on cognitive performance is unknown.
This study assessed the impact of 2 high-fat meals and endotoxemia on attention.
In this double-blind, randomized crossover trial, 51 women (n = 32 breast cancer survivors, n = 19 noncancer controls; mean ± SD age: 53 ± 8 y) completed the Continuous Performance Test (CPT) and had their blood drawn to assess endotoxemia markers LPS binding protein (LBP), soluble CD14 (sCD14), and the LBP to sCD14 ratio 1 h prior to eating either a high-saturated-fat meal or a high-oleic-sunflower-oil meal. Women again completed the CPT 5 h postmeal. At 1 to 4 wk later, women completed the same protocol but consumed the other meal.
In adjusted models, women had more difficulty distinguishing target stimuli from distractors after consuming the high-saturated-fat meal than they did after the oleic-sunflower-oil meal (B = 4.44, SE = 1.88, P = 0.02). Women with higher baseline LBP had less consistent response times (B = 0.002, SE = 0.0008, P = 0.04). Those with higher LBP and LBP:sCD14 were less able to sustain their attention throughout the entire CPT, as reflected by their progressively slower (B = 0.002, SE = 0.0006, P = 0.003; and B = 2.43, SE = 0.090, P = 0.008, respectively) and more erratic (B = 0.003, SE = 0.0008, P < 0.0001; and B = 3.29, SE = 1.17, P = 0.006, respectively) response times. Additionally, women with higher baseline LBP or sCD14 were less able to maintain or increase response speeds at higher interstimulus intervals (B = 0.002, SE = 0.0006, P = 0.02; and B = 0.006, SE = 0.003, P = 0.03, respectively), indicating greater difficulty adapting to changing task demands. Significant meal type by LBP and LBP:sCD14 interactions emerged (P < 0.05), such that high LBP and LBP:sCD14 erased between-meal cognitive differences, uniformly impairing performance.
These results suggest that higher LBP, sCD14, and LBP:sCD14 and saturated-fat intake individually and jointly influence attention. Endotoxemia may override the relative cognitive benefit of healthier oil choices.This trial is registered at clinicaltrials.gov as NCT04247763.
饱和脂肪的摄入和内毒素血症会损害认知能力。然而,它们对认知表现的急性影响尚不清楚。
本研究评估了 2 餐高脂肪饮食和内毒素血症对注意力的影响。
在这项双盲、随机交叉试验中,51 名女性(n=32 名乳腺癌幸存者,n=19 名非癌症对照;平均年龄±标准差:53±8 岁)在进食高饱和脂肪餐或高油酸葵花籽油餐之前 1 小时,完成连续作业测试(CPT)并抽取血液以评估内毒素血症标志物 LPS 结合蛋白(LBP)、可溶性 CD14(sCD14)和 LBP 与 sCD14 的比值。女性在餐后 5 小时再次完成 CPT。1 至 4 周后,女性完成相同的方案,但摄入另一种餐食。
在调整后的模型中,与食用油酸葵花籽油餐相比,女性在食用高饱和脂肪餐后更难以将目标刺激与干扰刺激区分开来(B=4.44,SE=1.88,P=0.02)。基线 LBP 较高的女性反应时间一致性较差(B=0.002,SE=0.0008,P=0.04)。LBP 和 LBP:sCD14 较高的女性在整个 CPT 中注意力难以持续,反映在其反应时间逐渐变慢(B=0.002,SE=0.0006,P=0.003;B=2.43,SE=0.090,P=0.008)和更不稳定(B=0.003,SE=0.0008,P<0.0001;B=3.29,SE=1.17,P=0.006)。此外,基线 LBP 或 sCD14 较高的女性在更高的刺激间间隔内难以保持或提高反应速度(B=0.002,SE=0.0006,P=0.02;B=0.006,SE=0.003,P=0.03),表明她们更难以适应不断变化的任务需求。出现了显著的膳食类型与 LBP 和 LBP:sCD14 的相互作用(P<0.05),表明高 LBP 和 LBP:sCD14 消除了膳食间的认知差异,统一损害了表现。
这些结果表明,较高的 LBP、sCD14 和 LBP:sCD14 以及饱和脂肪摄入单独和共同影响注意力。内毒素血症可能会抵消更健康油类选择的相对认知益处。这项试验在 clinicaltrials.gov 注册为 NCT04247763。