Effects of consumption of sucromalt, a slowly digestible carbohydrate, on mental and physical energy questionnaire responses

Dammann, Kristen Wiig; Bell, Marjorie; Kanter, Mitch; Berger, Alvin

doi:10.1179/1476830512y.0000000034

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“…Especially, nutrition scientists are interested to examine what type of supplement enhances human mental energy. For example, in a study examining whether consumption of the sucromalt improves adults' perceptions of mental and physical energy, Dammann et al (2013) adopted a double-blind, randomized, cross-over study to examine the effects of sucromalt on 44 healthy adults' mental energy. Results found sucromalt not only improves men's mental energy after 4–5 h of supplement but also a delay in mental fatigue.…”

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“…Researchers have referred to mental energy as attention ability (e.g., Kennedy et al, 2007; Snitz et al, 2009; Mohajeri et al, 2015), reaction time (Mohajeri et al, 2015), memory (e.g., Kennedy et al, 2004, 2007), language (e.g., Snitz et al, 2009), visual processing speed (e.g., Reay et al, 2006; Kennedy et al, 2007), executive function (Snitz et al, 2009), or emotional experiences (e.g., Johnson et al, 2008; Quartiroli et al, 2018). Further, with no definitive definition of mental energy, researchers have used all sort of measures such as depression and anxiety scales (e.g., Rogers et al, 2008), memory tests (Kennedy et al, 2004), attention tests (Kennedy et al, 2004), mood scales (e.g., Johnson et al, 2008; Quartiroli et al, 2018), visual analog scales (Kennedy et al, 2004; Kuan et al, 2017), or self-developed questionnaires (e.g., Dammann et al, 2013; Kueh et al, 2018) to assess what they called “mental energy.”…”

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Measuring Athletic Mental Energy (AME): Instrument Development and Validation

Gill

Yang

et al. 2018

Front. Psychol.

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Although considerable research indicates that mental energy is an important factor in many domains, including athletic performance (Cook and Davis, 2006), athletic mental energy (AME) has never been conceptualized and measured. Therefore, the aim of this study was to conceptualize and develop a reliable and valid instrument to assess AME. In Study 1, a focus group interview established the initial framework of AME. Study 2 used a survey to collect athletes' experiences of AME and develop a scale draft titled “Athletic Mental Energy Scale (AMES).” In Study 3, we examined the psychometric properties and the underlying structure of AMES via item analysis, internal consistency, and exploratory factor analysis (EFA). In Study 4, we used confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) to examine AMES's factorial validity; and examined concurrent and discriminant validity by examining correlations with athletes' life stress, positive state of mind, and burnout. In study 5, we examined the measurement invariance of the 6-factor, 18-item AMES with Taiwanese and Malaysian samples. Study 6 examined the predictive validity by comparing AMES scores of successful and unsuccessful martial artists. Across these phases, results showed a 6-factor, 18-item AMES had adequate content validity, factorial structure, nomological validity, discriminant validity, predictive validity, measurement invariance, and reliability. We suggest future studies may use AMES to examine its relationships with athletes' cognition, affect, and performance. The application of AMES in sport psychology was also discussed.

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Measuring Athletic Mental Energy (AME): Instrument Development and Validation

Gill

Yang

et al. 2018

Front. Psychol.

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“…A similar behavior was described by [22], when they describe muscle adaptation in an effort to oxidize fat when there is low carbohydrate availability, preserving the carbohydrates stock to tissues that depend predominantly on glucose, such as the brain. A low carbohydrate environment is associated with mental and physical fatigue as described by [23,24]. …”

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Carbohydrate use and reduction in number of balance beam falls: implications for mental and physical fatigue

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Costa

França

et al. 2013

Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition

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BackgroundArtistic Gymnastics is a sport where athletes are frequently fatigued. One element that might influence this aspect is carbohydrate, an important energy substrate for the muscles and the CNS. Our goal was to investigate the influence of fatigue over artistic gymnastics athlete’s performance and the effects of a carbohydrate supplementation on their performance.MethodsWe evaluated 15 athletes divided in 2 groups (control and fatigue) from 12 to 14 years old in two different experimental days. On the first day (water day), they did 5 sets of exercises on the balance beam (experimental protocol) ingesting only water, CG (control group) warmed up before the experimental protocol and FG (fatigue group) did a fatigue circuit, warm up exercises and then the experimental protocol. On the second day (carbohydrate day), we used the same protocol but CG ingested a sugar free flavored juice and FG ingested a 20% concentration maltodextrin solution before the protocol on the balance beam.ResultsWe observed a greater number of falls from the balance beam from the FG on the first day (5.40 ± 1.14 FG vs 3.33 ± 1.37 CG; p = 0.024) and a decrease in the number of falls on the second day (2.29 ± 1.25 FG water day vs 5.40 ± 1.14 FG carbohydrate day; p = 0.0013). Carbohydrate solution was able to supply muscle demands and improve the athlete’s focus showed by the reduced number of falls.

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“…A random sample of 202 adults in the United States yielded the following subscale scores (mean ± standard deviation): physical energy (7.3 ± 2.0); physical fatigue (4.9 ± 2.3); mental energy (7.7 ± 1.8); and mental fatigue (4.5 ± 2.0). Previous studies have supported the validity of the TEF scales, including negative correlations between fatigue scores and both physical activity and body mass index and structural validity, based on confirmatory factor analysis . The distinction between physical and mental aspects of energy and fatigue are of particular interest for the FRDA population, because cognitive fatigue was not traditionally thought to be involved in the pathophysiology of FRDA; however, the role of changes in the brain and its impact on cognition are beginning to be explored .…”

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