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Cranberries improve postprandial glucose excursions in type 2 diabetes.

Food & function2017The record ↗

  1. Finding, limited evidenceraisesPlasma nitrite concentration

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  • “Serum nitrite was significantly higher at 2 hours (p < 0.05) and tended to be higher at 4 hours (p < 0.1) in the cranberry vs. control phase.”
    Study
    crossover
    Interests
    Industry funded
    Dose studied
    40 g dried reduced-calorie cranberries added to a single high-fat breakfast; control meal had 80 g banana to match calories and carbohydrate; two study days one week apart
    Population
    Obese adults with type 2 diabetes on oral hypoglycemic agents (not insulin), randomized crossover; postprandial response after a single high-fat breakfast, significant at the 2 hour timepoint and only a trend at 4 hours

Study record

Design
crossover trial
Species
human
Population
obese adults with type 2 diabetes on oral hypoglycemic agents
Participants
25
Comparator
placebo
Duration
not reported
Endpoints measured
14