Subjects
diabetes
FOOD ALLERGIES, DISEASE, DIABETES
Eligible subjects were men and non-pregnant or non-breastfeeding women between 40 and 65 years of age who seemed healthy at the time of provision of consent to participate in the study. The key exclusion criteria were as follows: (1) history of serious hepatic, renal, cardiac, pulmonary, or gastrointestinal (including gastrectomy) disease; diabetes, food allergies, or other serious comorbidities; (2) use of drugs that may affect the test values in this study; and (3) participation in other clinical trials. Subjects continued to take dietary supplements or medicines that they had taken prior to the study and avoided starting any new dietary supplements during the study.