IMPLICACIÓN DE LA DIETA EN LAS HABILIDADES RELACIONADAS CON LA CONDUCCIÓN DE VEHÍCULOS

Implication of diet in abilities related to driving vehicles alimentation and driving vehicles. The aim of this study was to observe whether the maintenance of a correct nutritional status with the ingestion of and adequate diet is a controllable risk factor and must be borne in mind at the time of prevention of traffic accidents. The study was carried out with 81 volunteers, 36 females and 45 males, aged 21 to 51 years. All were in possession of a current driving licence. Each volunteer ingested (in the early morning) in an alternative form and randomly a pre-prepared-food rich in proteins (TRAUMACAL) and another compound rich in oligosacharides (oligosacaridos-CM). Psychotechnical tests were carried out 3 hours after ingestion. Our results lead us to the following conclusion: The ingestion of carbohydrates and proteins do not appear to influence psychotechnical abilities in correct driving procedures.