Effects of Exercise With or Without Blueberries on Cardiovascular Risk Markers

University Hospital, Linkoeping

Status: Completed

Conditions: Inflammation; Sedentary Life; Risk Factors Cardiovascular Disease; Exercise

Treatments: Biological: Blueberries

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01274078

FHN_exc_blueberries

Details and patient eligibility

About

About 32 healthy subjects are subjected to 4 weeks of exercise, 4 weeks of washout and 4 weeks of sedentary life style, randomization decides whether they start with exercise or with being "couch potatoes". All participants are also randomized to also consume 150 g of blueberries on exercise days or not. The exercise is constituted of 5 km running 5 days a week during the 4 week period. The exercise period and the "couch" period are started and ended with a 5 km run at maximal speed and the fasting blood samples for cardiovascular risk factors are measured before and after this run, ie 8 times in total.

Enrollment: 32 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 60 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• healthy subjects

Exclusion criteria

• significant disease and disabilities that hinder running

Trial design

Primary purpose: Basic Science

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Crossover Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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32 participants in 2 patient groups

conventional food

No Intervention group

Description:

Regular eating habits during exercise period

Blueberries

Active Comparator group

Description:

Intervention: Addition of blueberries (150g/day) to regular food during the exercise period on days with exercise

Treatment:

Biological: Blueberries