63
Participants
Start Date
January 31, 2014
Primary Completion Date
May 31, 2016
Study Completion Date
December 31, 2016
Immune-enhancing nutritional beverage
Combination of arginine, glutamine, omega-3 fatty acids, vitamin C and zinc.
Probiotics (BB-12)
Probiotics (Bifidobacterium Animalis Lactis, BB-12®, Chr Hansen A/S, Hoersholm, Denmark) will be administered as a strawberry-flavored, powdered candy (1 g). The candy will be packaged in a small foil pouch, and each pouch will contain approximately 1 billion colony forming units (CFU) of BB-12® in powder form.
Placebo (for nutritional beverage and probiotic)
Dietary protein at RDA of 0.8 grams•kg-1 body weight•day-1 and a placebo beverage during and after the period of sleep restriction.
U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine, Natick
United States Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine
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