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Keep this study
Lead
Stanford University
With
National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)
Age
18–any
Sex
ALL
Healthy volunteers
Accepted
You may be eligible if
1. Gender: Both women and men
2. Age: \> or = 18 years
3. Ethnicity and race: All ethnic and racial backgrounds welcome
4. Presence of Metabolic Syndrome: As defined in ATP III of the National 5.Cholesterol Education program, the metabolic syndrome will be diagnosed as presence of at least three of the following, which will be measured at the screening clinic visit:
* Central obesity as measured by waist circumference:
* Men: Greater than 40 inches
* Women: Greater than 35 inches
* Fasting blood triglycerides greater than or equal to 150 mg/dL
* Blood HDL cholesterol:
* Men: Less than 40 mg/dL
* Women: Less than 50 mg/dL
* Blood pressure greater than or equal to 130/85 mmHg
* Fasting glucose greater than or equal to 100 mg/dL
6.Planning to be available for clinic visits and bottle pick-ups for the 8 weeks of study participation 7.Ability and willingness to give written informed consent 8.No known active psychiatric illness.
You may not be if
1. Daily intake of dietary supplements containing antioxidants or omega-3 FAs
2. Fasting blood glucose \> 140 mg/dL
3. Significant liver enzyme abnormality
* AST or ALT more than 2 times the upper limit of normal and/or
* Bilirubin more than 50% the upper limit of normal
