The relationship between consumption of tyrosine and phenylalanine as precursors of catecholamine at breakfast and the circadian typology and mental health in Japanese infants aged 2 to 5 years

Journal of Physiological Anthropology

Tetsuo Harada⁵  Hitomi Takeuchi⁵  Miyo Nakade³  Milada Krejci²  Nozomi Taniwaki¹  Teruki Noji⁴  Kai Wada⁵  Osami Akimitsu⁵ 

[1] Affiliated Kindergarten, Faculty of Education, Kochi University, Kochi, Japan;Department of Health Education, Faculty of Education, University of South Bohemia, Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic;Department of Nutritional Management, Faculty of Health and Nutrition, Tokai Gakuen University, Nagoya, Japan;Department of Physical Education, Faculty of Education, Kochi University, Kochi, Japan;Laboratory of Environmental Physiology, Graduate School of Integrated Arts and Sciences, Kochi University, Kochi, Japan

关键词: Infants aged 2 to 5 years;    Circadian typology;    Birth season;   

Others  :  861652
DOI  :  10.1186/1880-6805-32-13

 received in 2012-06-09, accepted in 2013-06-05,  发布年份 2013

【 摘 要 】

Background

This study aims to examine the relationship between tyrosine and phenylalanine intake at breakfast as precursors of dopamine, and scores on the Torsvall-Åkerstedt Diurnal Type Scale and of mental health in Japanese infants aged 2 to 5 years.

Results

An integrated questionnaire was administered to parents of 1,367 infants attending one of ten nursery schools governed by Kochi City or a kindergarten affiliated with the Faculty of Education at Kochi University (775 answers for analysis: 56.7%) in May and June 2008. Questionnaires included the Torsvall-Åkerstedt Diurnal Type Scale and questions on sleep habits (onset, offset, quality, quantity, and so on), meal habits (content and regularity of timing), and mental health (depressive states). Amount of tyrosine and phenylalanine intake was calculated based on a breakfast content questionnaire and data on the components of amino acids in foods. Infants who ingested more than 800 mg of tyrosine or phenylalanine at breakfast per meal were more morning-type than those who ingested less than 800 mg (ANOVA: P= 0.005). However, this relationship disappeared in the ANCOVA analysis (with the covariance of tryptophan intake, P= 0.894). Infants who ingested more than 800 mg of the two amino acids at breakfast showed significantly higher mental health scores (lower frequency of depressive states) than those who ingested less than 800 mg (ANOVA: P = 0.004). This relationship remained significant when ANCOVA analysis was performed with the covariance of tryptophan (ANCOVA: P= 0.017).

Conclusions

These results suggest that tyrosine and phenylalanine ingested at breakfast are not related with circadian phase, but are relate with mental health in infants.

【 授权许可】

   
2013 Akimitsu et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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