Immunocal®Nutritional Intervention With the Dietary Supplement, Immunocal® in MCI Patients: Promotion of Brain Health

This study is recruiting Mild Cognitive Impaired (MCI) patients from the Memory Clinic of the Jewish General Hospital only.

Inclusion Criteria:

Subjects meeting diagnostic criteria for MCI:

• Age 55-85
• Male or female
• Non-smoker

To ensure that the subject can physically fit in the scanner:

1. body weight ≤ 120 kg and
2. with a linear dimension max 55cm (shoulders or belly) Expected to remain in the greater Montreal area for the duration of study.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Presence of an active, systemic illness (e.g., cancer, rheumatoid arthritis, etc.) or other chronic neurological (e.g. Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis) or psychiatric (e.g. major depression, schizophrenia) disease.
• Subjects taking other experimental medications or psychotropic agents.
• Subjects with MRI contraindications such as pacemaker, aneurysm clips, artificial heart valves, metal fragments, foreign objects or claustrophobia.
• Ambulatory subjects: As wheelchair-bound subjects present additional difficulties for transportation and MRI scanning.

Musculoskeletal abnormalities that preclude the ability of the subject to lie on his/her back for 1hr during MRI scanning.

• Subjects who have a protein restricted diet as per their medical history.
• Pregnancy
• Subjects using N-acetylcysteine, α-lipoic acid supplements, other whey protein supplements or Vitamin C, within 2 months of enrolment and during the entire 6 months study period.
• Allergies to milk proteins/ Milk protein intolerance