100
Participants
Start Date
May 31, 2015
Primary Completion Date
July 31, 2017
Study Completion Date
July 31, 2017
BeneFlax®
Daily ingestion of 600 mg SDG/day in 1.6 g SDG-enhanced flax lignan (BeneFlax®) with walking training or flexibility training
Walking training
30-60 minutes walking training, 5 days/week.
Flexibility training
5 days/week; e.g. stretching training at home
Placebo (Whey Protein)
0.6 g/day (an amount equal in volume to BeneFlax®) with walking training or flexibility training
Dash Eating Plan
Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH), a balanced eating plan - all participants in all treatment arms will be encouraged to adopt a DASH eating plan.
College of Pharmacy, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon
University of Saskatchewan
OTHER