The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of the antioxidant "resveratrol" on liver fat content, body-composition and insulin sensitivity Resveratrol is found in grape skin, wine, peanuts, and mulberries and is thought to have health benefits such as improving fat metabolism, insulin action, and possibly extending lifespan. resVida™ is the name for the dietary supplement containing the natural antioxidant "resveratrol". resVida™ will be supplied by DSM Nutritional Products, Ltd. resVida™ is considered a dietary supplement, and therefore it is not an approved drug by German Authority. It is regulated like a food. The makers of resVida™ make no claim that this supplement is meant to treat any ailment. This study is designed to investigate the health benefits of resveratrol.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
QUADRUPLE
Enrollment
112
150 mg resVida per day for 12 weeks
Placebo for 12 weeks
University Hospital Tuebingen
Tübingen, Germany
Liver fat content
Measured by 1H-MRS
Time frame: 3 months
Body composition
Total body-, visceral- and abdominal subcutaneous fat mass and intramyocellular fat content by MR tomography and 1H-MRS
Time frame: 3 months
Insulin sensitivity
Fasting serum insulin - HOMA-IR Oral Glucose Tolerance Test (OGTT) Matsuda insulin sensitivity index)
Time frame: 3 months
Intima-media thickness
Of common carotid artery
Time frame: 3 months
Blood analytes
Blood biochemistry
Time frame: 3 months
Cardiorespiratory fitness
VO2max
Time frame: 3 months
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