Strong Women Study

Green Beat

Status

Completed

Conditions

Inflammation

Oxidative Stress

Treatments

Dietary Supplement: nutraceutical group

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT01476033

23-508 ex 10/11

Details and patient eligibility

About

The investigators investigate the impact of an encapsulated fruit, berry and vegetable juice powder concentrate on oxidative stress, inflammation and blood flow before and post exercise in overweight, middle-aged, women.

Main hypotheses (H1):

The nutraceutical has an impact on oxidative stress reduction.
The nutraceutical has an impact on inflammation.
The nutraceutical has an impact on blood flow and microcirculation.
Walking exercise for 30 minutes has an impact on oxidative stress- and inflammation markers.
Walking exercise for 30 minutes has an impact on blood flow and microcirculation
The combination of nutraceutical supplementation + walking exercise for 30 minutes has an impact on oxidative stress- and inflammation markers, and on blood flow/microcirculation.

Enrollment

44 patients

Sex

Female

Ages

35 to 50 years old

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

women
BMI > 27
praemenopausal
non smokers
eligibility for exercise
4wk wash out

Exclusion criteria

male
all people not matching this age group
BMI > 40 and < 27
peri- or postmenopausal women
smokers
all women taking dietary supplements
all women that fail in ergometric exercise eligibility testing, refering to the standards in sports medicine (e.g.: significant ST-decrease or increase, blood pressure > 240 mmHg, tachycardia, polymorphic extrasystolia, cyanosis, bradyarrhythmia..)
Diabetics
osteoporosis or osteopenia