Effects of Ketone Supplement and Alcohol on Brain Metabolism
Acute Effects of Ketone Supplementation and Alcohol on Brain Metabolism
University of Pennsylvania
60 participants
May 13, 2025
INTERVENTIONAL
Conditions
Summary
The research study is being conducted to better understand the effects of ketones and alcohol on brain functioning and brain metabolism. Participants will be asked to undergo three identical MRI visits after three single-dose interventions: (1) drink a ketone supplement drink, (2) drink an alcoholic beverage, (3) no intervention. These interventions will be randomly assigned (meaning everyone receives all 3 interventions, but in different orders).
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Interventions
Ketone supplement is randomly given once.
Alcohol beverage is randomly given once. Participants will receive the alcohol beverage that dose-adjusts for body weight and sex differences in pharmacokinetics and calculated to obtain a final breath alcohol concentration of 0.050%
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NCT06815237