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Daniel Lamport

Email:
daniel.lamport@reading.ac.uk
Phone:
+ 44 (0)118 378 5032
Job title:
Associate Professor

Areas of interest

All things related to the effects of foods and nutrition on cognitive function including:

polyphenols (flavonoids) and cognitive function
glycaemic response and cognitive function
type 2 diabetes, impaired glucose tolerance and cognitive function
lifespan relationships between habitual diet, cognitive function and general health
dietary behaviour change interventions
exercise and cognitive function.
impact of diet on mental health.

Teaching

I supervise research students at PhD, MSc, and UG, and currently teach on a variety of modules at MSc level and UG level.

Research centres and groups

Nutrition and Health

Academic qualifications

PhD Psychology
MSc Psychological Approaches to Health
BSc Psychology.

Publications

Eastwood, J. , van Hemert, S. , Poveda, C. , Elmore, S. ORCID: 0000-0002-2685-1773 , Williams, C. ORCID: 0000-0003-4452-671X , Lamport, D. ORCID: 0000-0002-4592-0439 , Walton, G. ORCID: 0000-0001-5426-5635 (2023) The effect of probiotic bacteria on composition and metabolite production of faecal microbiota using in vitro batch cultures. Nutrients , 15 (11). ISSN: 2072-6643
Grout, M. , Lovegrove, J. ORCID: 0000-0001-7633-9455 , Lamport, D. ORCID: 0000-0002-4592-0439 (2023) A multimeal paradigm producing a low glycemic response is associated with modest cognitive benefits relative to a high glycemic response: a randomized, crossover trial in patients with type 2 diabetes. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition ISSN: 0002-9165 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajcnut.2023.02.017
Nouchi, R. , Butler, L. , Lamport, D. ORCID: 0000-0002-4592-0439 , Nouchi, H. , Kawashima, R. (2023) Acute benefits of acidified milk drinks with 10-g and 15-g protein on shifting and updating performances in young adults: a randomized controlled trial. Nutrients , 15 (2). ISSN: 2072-6643 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu15020431

Lamport, D. ORCID: 0000-0002-4592-0439 , Breese, E. , Gião, M. , Chandra, S. , Orchard, F. (2022) Can air purification improve sleep quality? A 2-week randomised controlled crossover pilot study in healthy adults. Journal of Sleep Research ISSN: 1365-2869 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jsr.13782
Cheng, N. , Bell, L. , Lamport, D. ORCID: 0000-0002-4592-0439 , Williams, C. ORCID: 0000-0003-4452-671X (2022) Dietary flavonoids and human cognition: a meta‐analysis. Molecular Nutrition & Food Research , 66 (21). pp 0. ISSN: 1613-4125 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mnfr.202100976

Lamport, D. ORCID: 0000-0002-4592-0439 , Wu, S. , Drever-Heaps, J. , Hugueniot, O. , Jones, D. , Kennedy, O. , Williams, C. ORCID: 0000-0003-4452-671X , Butler, L. (2021) Can public health interventions change immediate and long-term dietary behaviours? Encouraging evidence from a pilot study of the U.K. Change4Life Sugar Swaps campaign. Nutrients , 14 (1). ISSN: 2072-6643 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu14010068
Hodgson, K. , Lamport, D. ORCID: 0000-0002-4592-0439 , Laville, A. (2021) Variable trajectory: a systematic review, analytic synthesis and construct domain consolidation of international measures of competence in doctors and medical students. BMJ Open , 11 (8). ISSN: 2044-6055 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-047395
Barfoot, K. , Forster, R. , Lamport, D. ORCID: 0000-0002-4592-0439 (2021) Mental health in new mothers: a randomised controlled study into the effects of dietary flavonoids on mood and perceived quality of life. Nutrients , 13 (7). ISSN: 2072-6643 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu13072383
Eastwood, J. , Walton, G. ORCID: 0000-0001-5426-5635 , Van Hemert, S. , Williams, C. ORCID: 0000-0003-4452-671X , Lamport, D. ORCID: 0000-0002-4592-0439 (2021) The effect of probiotics on cognitive function across the human lifespan: a systematic review. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews , 128 pp. 311-327. ISSN: 0149-7634 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2021.06.032
Barfoot, K. , Istas, G. , Feliciano, R. , Lamport, D. ORCID: 0000-0002-4592-0439 , Riddell, P. , Rodriguez-Mateos, A. , Williams, C. ORCID: 0000-0003-4452-671X (2021) Effects of daily consumption of wild blueberry on cognition and urinary metabolites in school‑aged children: a pilot study. European Journal of Nutrition ISSN: 1436-6215 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00394-021-02588-y
Lamport, D. ORCID: 0000-0002-4592-0439 and Williams, C. ORCID: 0000-0003-4452-671X (2021) Polyphenols and cognition in humans: an overview of current evidence from recent systematic reviews and meta-analyses. Brain Plasticity , 6 (2). pp. 139-153. ISSN: 2213-6312 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.3233/bpl-200111

Flanagan, E. , Lamport, D. , Brennan, L. , Burnet, P. , Calabrese, V. , Cunnane, S. , de Wilde, M. , Dye, L. , Farrimond, J. , Emerson Lombardo, N. , Hartmann, T. , Hartung, T. , Kalliomäki, M. , Kuhnle, G. , La Fata, G. , Sala-Vila, A. , Samieri, C. , Smith, A. , Spencer, J. , Thuret, S. , Tuohy, K. , Turroni, S. , Vanden Berghe, W. , Verkuijl, M. , Verzijden, K. , Yannakoulia, M. , Geurts, L. , Vauzour, D. (2020) Nutrition and the ageing brain: moving towards clinical applications. Ageing Research Reviews , 62 pp 0. ISSN: 1568-1637 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.arr.2020.101079
Whyte, A. , Lamport, D. , Schafer, G. , Williams, C. (2020) The cognitive effects of an acute wild blueberry intervention on 7- to 10-year-olds using extended memory and executive function task batteries. Food & Function , 11 (5). pp. 4793-4801. ISSN: 2042-650X | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C9FO02284H
Lamport, D. , Christodoulou, E. , Achilleos, C. (2020) Beneficial effects of dark chocolate for episodic memory in healthy young adults: a parallel-groups acute intervention with a white chocolate control. Nutrients , 12 (2). pp 0. ISSN: 2072-6643 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu12020483
Bell, L. , Whyte, A. , Lamport, D. ORCID: 0000-0002-4592-0439 , Spencer, J. , Butler, L. , Williams, C. ORCID: 0000-0003-4452-671X (2020) Grape seed polyphenol extract and cognitive function in healthy young adults: A randomised, placebo-controlled, parallel-groups acute-on-chronic trial. Nutritional Neuroscience , 25 (1). pp. 54-63. ISSN: 1028-415X | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1028415X.2019.1708033

Whyte, A. , Cheng, N. , Butler, L. , Lamport, D. , Williams, C. (2019) Flavonoid-rich mixed berries maintain and improve cognitive function over a 6 h period in young healthy adults. Nutrients , 11 (11). ISSN: 2072-6643 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu11112685
Barfoot, K. , May, G. , Lamport, D. , Ricketts, J. , Riddell, P. , Williams, C. (2019) The effects of acute wild blueberry supplementation on the cognition of 7-10 year old schoolchildren. European Journal of Nutrition , 58 (7). pp. 2911-2920. ISSN: 1436-6215 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00394-018-1843-6

Bell, L. , Lamport, D. , Field, D. , Butler, L. , Williams, C. (2018) Practice effects in nutrition intervention studies with repeated cognitive testing. Nutrition & Healthy Aging , 4 (4). pp. 309-322. ISSN: 2451-9480 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.3233/NHA-170038

Bell, L. , Lamport, D. , Butler, L. , Williams, C. (2017) A study of glycaemic effects following acute anthocyanin-rich blueberry supplementation in healthy young adults. Food & Function , 8 (9). pp. 3104-3110. ISSN: 2042-650X | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c7fo00724h
Khalid, S. , Barfoot, K. ORCID: 0000-0002-2866-6467 , May, G. , Lamport, D. , Reynolds, S. , Williams, C. (2017) Effects of acute blueberry flavonoids on mood in children and young adults. Nutrients , 9 (2). ISSN: 2072-6643 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu9020158

Lamport, D. , Pal, D. , Macready, A. , Barbosa Boucas, S. , Fletcher, J. , Williams, C. , Spencer, J. , Butler, L. (2016) The effects of flavanone-rich citrus juice on cognitive function and cerebral blood flow: an acute, randomised, placebo controlled crossover trial in healthy young adults. British Journal of Nutrition , 116 (12). pp. 2160-2168. ISSN: 1475-2662 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S000711451600430X
Lamport, D. , Lawton, C. , Merat, N. , Jamson, H. , Myrissa, K. , Hofman, D. , Chadwick, H. , Quadt, F. , Wightman, J. , Dye, L. (2016) Concord grape Juice, cognitive function and driving performance: a 12 week, placebo controlled, randomised, crossover trial in mothers of pre-teen children. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition , 103 (3). pp. 775-783. ISSN: 0002-9165 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.3945/ajcn.115.114553
Alharbi, M. , Lamport, D. , Dodd, G. , Saunders, C. , Harkness, L. , Butler, L. , Spencer, J. (2016) Flavonoid-rich orange juice is associated with acute improvements in cognitive function in healthy middle-aged males. European Journal of Nutrition , 55 (6). pp. 2021-2029. ISSN: 1436-6215 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00394-015-1016-9

Bell, L. , Lamport, D. , Butler, L. , Williams, C. (2015) A review of the cognitive effects observed in humans following acute supplementation with flavonoids, and their associated mechanisms of action. Nutrients , 7 (12). pp. 10290-10306. ISSN: 2072-6643 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu7125538
Lamport, D. , Pal, D. , Moutsiana, C. , Field, D. , Williams, C. , Spencer, J. , Butler, L. (2015) The effect of flavanol-rich cocoa on cerebral perfusion in healthy older adults during conscious resting state: a placebo controlled, crossover, acute trial. Psychopharmacology , 232 (17). pp. 3327-3234. ISSN: 0033-3158 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00213-015-3972-4
Kean, R. , Lamport, D. , Dodd, G. , Freeman, J. , Williams, C. , Ellis, J. , Butler, L. , Spencer, J. (2015) Chronic consumption of flavanone-rich orange juice is associated with cognitive benefits: an 8-wk randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial in healthy older adults. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition , 101 (3). pp. 506-514. ISSN: 0002-9165 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.3945/ajcn.114.088518

Lamport, D. , Saunders, C. , Butler, L. , Spencer, J. (2014) Fruits, vegetables, 100% juice, and cognitive function. Nutrition Reviews , 72 (12). pp. 774-789. ISSN: 1753-4887 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/nure.12149
Lamport, D. , Lawton, C. , Mansfield, M. , Moulin, C. , Dye, L. (2014) Type 2 diabetes and impaired glucose tolerance are associated with word memory source monitoring recollection deficits but not simple recognition familiarity deficits following water, low glycaemic load, and high glycaemic load breakfasts.. Physiology & behavior , 124 pp. 54-60. ISSN: 0031-9384 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physbeh.2013.10.033
de Jager, C. , Dye, L. , de Bruin, E. , Butler, L. , Fletcher, J. , Lamport, D. , Latulippe, M. , Spencer, J. , Wesnes, K. (2014) Criteria for validation and selection of cognitive tests for investigating the effects of foods and nutrients.. Nutrition reviews , 72 (3). pp. 162-179. ISSN: 1753-4887 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/nure.12094
Lamport, D. , Chadwick, H. , Dye, L. , Mansfield, M. , Lawton, C. (2014) A low glycaemic load breakfast can attenuate cognitive impairments observed in middle aged obese females with impaired glucose tolerance.. Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases , 24 (10). pp. 1128-1136. ISSN: 0939-4753 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.numecd.2014.04.015

Lamport, D. , Dye, L. , Mansfield, M. , Lawton, C. (2013) Acute glycaemic load breakfast manipulations do not attenuate cognitive impairments in adults with type 2 diabetes. Clinical Nutrition , 32 (2). pp. 265-272. ISSN: 0261-5614 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.clnu.2012.07.008

Lamport, D. , Dye, L. , Wightman, J. , Lawton, C. (2012) The effects of flavonoid and other polyphenol consumption on cognitive performance: A systematic research review of human experimental and epidemiological studies. Nutrition and Aging , 1 (1). pp. 5-25. ISSN: 1879-7725 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.3233/NUA-2012-0002
Blaak, E. , Antoine, J. , Benton, D. , Björck, I. , Bozzetto, L. , Brouns, F. , Diamant, M. , Dye, L. , Hulshof, T. , Holst, J. , Lamport, D. , Laville, M. , Lawton, C. , Meheust, A. , Nilson, A. , Normand, S. , Rivellese, A. , Theis, S. , Torekov, S. , Vinoy, S. (2012) Impact of postprandial glycaemia on health and prevention of disease. Obesity Reviews , 13 (10). pp. 923-984. ISSN: 1467-789x | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-789X.2012.01011.x

Lamport, D. , Hoyle, E. , Lawton, C. , Mansfield, M. , Dye, L. (2011) Evidence for a second meal cognitive effect: glycaemic responses to high and low glycaemic index evening meals are associated with cognition the following morning. Nutritional Neuroscience , 14 (2). pp. 66-71. ISSN: 1028-415X | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1179/1476830511Y.0000000002

Lamport, D. , Lawton, C. , Mansfield, M. , Dye, L. (2009) Impairments in glucose tolerance can have a negative impact on cognitive function: a systematic research review. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews , 33 (3). pp. 394-413. ISSN: 0149-7634 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2008.10.008