Short-term Health Effects of Wild Blueberry Juice Consumption

Short-term Health Effects of Wild Blueberry Juice Consumption

Researchers at the University of Prince Edward Island want to learn about the health effects of wild blueberry juice.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Healthy individuals at risk for type 2 diabetes

Exclusion Criteria:

• have a body mass index of less than 20 and greater than 45 kg/m2.
• are less than 21 and greater than 65 years old at beginning of study
• have smoked or used tobacco within 6 months prior to the start of the study
• are pregnant, plan to become pregnant or become pregnant during the study
• have a history or presence of kidney disease, liver disease, certain cancers, gastrointestinal, other metabolic diseases, or malabsorption syndromes
• have type 2 diabetes and need to use oral diabetic drugs or insulin
• have an allergy or adverse reaction to blueberries