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Participants needed: healthy females for a study on B-vitamins and health

We are looking for healthy females between 18-28 years old that exercise often (>3 times a week) or not so often.

What do you have to do?

Visit the university for a screening day and an exercise test (2 hrs)
After inclusion in the study, visit the university on two consecutive days for a study day
1x for blood samples, muscle tests using near-infrared light and short occlusions of the blood flow, and an exercise test (4 hrs)
1x (0.5 hr) for blood samples
Collect your urine for 1 day
Wear a small motion detector during the period between the two study days
Make small adjustments in your dietary- and physical activity pattern the day before and during the study days

Are healthy
Have a body mass index (BMI) between 18.5 – 25
Are not pregnant, not lactating and are not using hormonal contraceptive medications (with the exception of the birth control pill)
Do not smoke regularly (>5 cigarettes per week)
Do not use drugs and smoke during the study
Do not follow a veganistic lifestyle (i.e. exclude the consumption of animal- or animal-derived food products);
Do not have a (sports)injury that hampers your physical performance;
Did not recently used (<4 months) sport supplements (e.g. EPO or anabolic drugs)
Are not consuming food supplements containing B-vitamins on a daily basis (e.g. multivitamins, B-vitamin complexes)
Did not recently (<2 months) donate a large volume of blood
Do not participate in other clinical trials during the study period

October 2019 – December 2019