Influences of protein to energy ratios in breakfast on mood, alertness and attention in the healthy undergraduate students

Background: The high protein (HP) breakfast reduced gastric emptying and the most satiat-ing macronutrient appears to be dietary protein. Few studies have investigated the effects of protein to energy ratio in breakfast on mood, alertness and attention. Objective: This study was designed to investigate whether the HP breakfast is more beneficial to mood, alertness and attention of the healthy undergraduate student than adequate-protein (AP) breakfast through the rising body temperature and re-maining stable blood glucose or through other physiologic processes. Methods: Thirteen healthy male undergraduate students (18 - 23 y) were studied in a double-blind, randomized crossover design. Blood samples, body tem-perature, satiety, mood and Continuous Per-formance Test (CPT) were assessed after the consumption of two isocaloric breakfasts that differed in their protein and carbohydrate con-tent: an HP breakfast (50%, 30%, and 20% of energy from protein, carbohydrate, and fat, re-spectively) or an AP breakfast (10%, 70%, and 20% of energy from protein, carbohydrate, and fat, respectively). Results: Consumption of an HP breakfast resulted in more steady glucose and insulin than AP breakfast consumption (p < 0.05). Satiety scores and body temperature were higher after HP breakfast consumption (p < 0.05). And most important, the positive mood and CPT scores were higher after HP breakfast than after AP breakfast intake (p < 0.05). Conclusion: HP breakfast can effectively stabilize postprandial serum glucose concentration and elevate post-prandial temperature of healthy male under-graduate students. Our present findings dem-onstrate the relationship between HP breakfast and mood, alertness and attention. This study indicated that HP breakfast may enhance human performance probably by increasing the thermic effect of a food and elevating body temperature.

Super-Enrichment Mechanisms of Strategic Critical Metal Deposits:Current Understanding and Future Perspectives

0 INTRODUCTION Critical metals are a recently proposed classification for strategic metal resources in the world. These metals are essential and critical for modern industry and economic development but face high supply risks(Hou et al., 2020). Four groups of critical metals are proposed, namely, rare metals(e. g., Li, Be, Rb, Cs, Nb, Ta, Zr, Hf, W and Sn).

Discovery and Significance of Layered Chromite Mineralization in Mafic-Ultramafic Rocks from the Gayahe Area of the East Kunlun Orogenic Belt,Northwestern China

0 INTRODUCTION Chromium(Cr)is one of the most important strategic critical metals in China.The primary chromite deposits can be divided into two types according to their geological setting and occurrences:podiform chromite and stratiform/layered chromite(Stowe,1994;Paktunc,1990).Podiform chromites mainly occur in ophiolites or mantle peridotites(Yang et al.,2022,2010;Bao et al.,1999).

New Discovery of the Jinshui Tin Deposit in the Middle Section of the East Kunlun Orogenic Belt,Northwestern China:Mineralization Age and Exploration Significance

Tin,as one of the most important critical metals,has at-tracted great attention worldwide(Jiang et al.,2023,2020).China has the largest amount of tin resources in the world,ac-counting for nearly one-fourth of the world’s total(Jiang et al.,2020;Chen and Sheng,2015).Tin deposits in China mainly occur in the Nanling Range in southern China,the Sanjiang Basin in southwestern China,and the Great Xing’an Range in northeastern China,which account for 98%of the country’s tin resources,whereas tin deposits are relatively rare in north-western China(Ni et al.,2023;Chen et al.,2014,1992).