Neuroprotective effects of ketone monoester supplementation 🧠
A new strategy for contact sports?
Assessing head injury risk and neuroprotective effect of ketone monoester supplementation in military airborne training
Study Details
This new study recruited 354 US military service members engaging in airborne training 🪖
Participants consumed either…
1️⃣ Ketone monoester
2️⃣ Placebo
…before and during Improved Swing Landing Trainer (ISLT) training 🪂
Cognitive, balance, blood-based biomarkers were assessed 🔍
Key Findings
Approximately 35% of participants experienced head strikes during ISLT (defined as whiplash or helmet-to-ground impact) 🤕
Head strikes led to significant cognitive and balance deficits 😵💫
However, those supplementing with ketones showed significantly smaller deficits vs placebo ✅
No changes in blood biomarkers were observed across the study in either group 🩸❌
Conclusion
Ketone monoester supplementation before and during events with head impacts may support cognitive performance ✅
For example, pre-match and half-time during contact sports 🤔
However, this is still a bit early for definitive conclusions to be drawn☝️
Reference
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41852147/
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