€700 sweetener for Cork broccoli soup study participants

Project manager Rebecca Kerin: 'While not everyone will meet the markers to qualify for this particular study, it is a great opportunity for a free health check.'

A €700 sweetener is being offered to people to drink a special ‘super broccoli’ soup once a week for six months as part of a major study to see if the vegetable can reduce the risk of diabetes.

Cork-based nutrition research company Atlantia Food Clinical Trials Ltd wants to investigate its potential power to naturally lower blood glucose levels and thereby reduce the risk of diabetes.