Dietary Advanced Glycation End Products Consumption as a Direct Modulator of Insulin Sensitivity in Overweight Humans: A Study Protocol for a Double-Blind, Randomized, Two Period Cross-Over Trial

Barbora de Courten   ¹ , MD,MPH,PhD,FRACP ;   Maximilian PJ de Courten   ² , MD,MPH ;   Casper G Schalkwijk   ³ , PhD ;   Karen Z Walker   ⁴ , BSc (Hons),MND,GradCert (Higher Ed),PhD ;   Josephine Forbes   ^{5, 6} , PhD

¹ Monash Centre for Health Research & Implementation, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia

² Centre for Chronic Disease, College of Health and Biomedicine, Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia

³ Laboratory for Metabolism and Vascular Medicine, Experimental Internal Medicine, Maastricht University, Maastricht, 6211 LK, The Netherlands

⁴ Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia

⁵ Mater Research Institute- The University of Queensland, Glycation and Diabetes, TRI, South Brisbane, Australia

⁶ Mater Clinical School, School of Medicine, University of Queensland, St Lucia, Australia