Beneficial Effects of a Polyphenol Enriched Beverage on Type 2 Diabetes Prevention and on Cardiovascular Risk Profile of Men and Women With Insulin Resistance.

Men and women are assigned to an uncontrolled nutritional intervention where they have to consume every day one of the beverage. Half of the subjects consume the experimental beverage containing polyphenols from berries extracts, the other half consume a placebo beverage without polyphenols. The polyphenol containing beverage daily supply 1,84 g of a strawberry and cranberry extract. This amount give the equivalent of 333 mg of polyphenols, thus corresponding to a daily consumption of one cup of berries. The placebo beverage is also a fruit taste beverage, but without polyphenols. Both beverage are isocaloric, with same appearance and taste. A 2 weeks stabilisation period precede the 6 weeks experimental period. During these two periods, subjects are advise to maintain their habitual caloric intake and their habitual activity level, and to avoid consumption of particular food with a high polyphenol content.