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The investigators plan to conduct a randomized double-blind, placebo-controlled trial to characterize the potential effects of anthocyans, purified from bilberries and blackcurrants, on metabolic abnormalities commonly associated with type 2 pre-diabetes.
Sixteen overweight/obese volunteers from the Aberdeen area will be recruited into a randomised controlled study. Volunteers will be randomised into four groups matched for BMI and age and given 200 grams of blackcurrants (which contain anthocyanins) or greencurrants (which naturally contain no
The specific aims are to:
1. Assess the effect of WGP compared to placebo on biomarkers of oxidative stress and inflammation in obese subjects over 4 week intervention periods in a randomized, cross-over, double-blind study.
2. Determine the effects of WGP compared to placebo on lipid and