insulin resistance/potato

Approximately 11% of individuals with untreated prediabetes progress to diabetes every year. Reversion to normal blood glucose concentrations reduces the incidence of diabetes by 56%. Healthy eating patterns such as the DASH and the Mediterranean Diet have shown that high intakes of fruits,

This randomized, two-period crossover study will include one screening/baseline visit (visit 1) and two 24-h treatment periods (treatment period 1: visits 2 and 3 and treatment period 2: visits 4 and 5). A minimum 7-d washout will occur between the treatment periods.

A 2-period randomized cross-over study will be conducted. Free-living subjects will be provided with a potato based side dish (equivalent to one medium sized potato) or an isocaloric refined grain based side dish every day for 4 weeks, in random order. The treatment periods will be separated by a

Protein-rich diets improve body weight regulations and are thus believed to play a key role in combating the global obesity epidemic. Protein-rich diets are generally high in meats, some of which have become controverted enough to be considered disease-promoting foods despite their nutritional

Subjects: Twenty obese postmenopausal women (age: 53.6±6.2; BMI: 34.1±4.0. Subjects were recruited, evaluated, and monitored at the Endocrinology Unit of the Department of Molecular and Clinical Endocrinology and Oncology. Before starting the study, all subjects underwent an initial screening

Study design: The study is designed as a randomized, parallel, placebo-controlled, double-blind study. Study population: 40 healthy adult female and/or male subjects, 40-70 yr old with a BMI 25-35 kg/m2, mildly elevated serum liver enzymes, and high normal blood pressure or mild