In a 20 week intervention on 61 overweight or obese women with Metabolic Syndrome, a daily mix of 163 g of lingonberry, sea buckthorn berry, bilberry, and black currant resulted in higher anti-inflammatory adiponectin plasma concentrations, but did not affect blood pressure, blood lipid or glucose levels, markers of oxidative stress, and other markers of inflammation [61]. This evidence concerns the gene ADIPOQ and metabolic syndrome.