Salacia oblonga for glucose control

Hello again, Friends.

Another study featured in the current issue of the American Journal of
Clinical Nutrition seems to suggest that the use of herbal Salacia
oblonga may be of benefit for T2 diabetics in glucose control after
meals....

I found this one to be of interest, because as we know, many of the so
called herbal remedies are of dubious efficacy.

Here is a link to the abstract of the article....

http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/abstract/86/1/124

I don' t think I am going to be queuing up at the health food store
just yet, though.

Will, T2

Would be nice to know the details of the "high carb" meal and the test
subjects.

In the cinnamon study from Pakistan some years ago, the test subjects were
mostly poorly controlled type II's with high post prandial readings after
eating high carb meals. Cinnamon gave them modest improvements in their
blood sugar readings.

One wonders if these herbal supplements can only be expected to make modest
improvements for those type II's who are poorly controlled and eating high
carb?

And further, if one is already improving IR with Metformin, for example, can
the herbal supplement be expected to improve the situation further?

The dismal results of cinnamon reported here among the mostly motivated,
well-controlled Type II's on ASD would suggest that herbs are not likely to
be of much benefit for diabetics who work on their problem.



"Will, T2" <wmmckee@cox.net> wrote in message
news:sm11b3laf2d1lkm2ofpn3ti51rn0c3m6v2@4ax.com...
> Hello again, Friends.
>
> Another study featured in the current issue of the American Journal of
> Clinical Nutrition seems to suggest that the use of herbal Salacia
> oblonga may be of benefit for T2 diabetics in glucose control after
> meals....
>
> I found this one to be of interest, because as we know, many of the so
> called herbal remedies are of dubious efficacy.
>
> Here is a link to the abstract of the article....
>
> http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/abstract/86/1/124
>
> I don' t think I am going to be queuing up at the health food store
> just yet, though.
>
> Will, T2

"Will, T2" <wmmckee@cox.net> wrote in message
news:sm11b3laf2d1lkm2ofpn3ti51rn0c3m6v2@4ax.com...
> Hello again, Friends.
>
> Another study featured in the current issue of the American Journal of
> Clinical Nutrition seems to suggest that the use of herbal Salacia
> oblonga may be of benefit for T2 diabetics in glucose control after
> meals....
>
> I found this one to be of interest, because as we know, many of the so
> called herbal remedies are of dubious efficacy.
>
> Here is a link to the abstract of the article....
>
> http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/abstract/86/1/124
>
> I don' t think I am going to be queuing up at the health food store
> just yet, though.

Interesting. Says it lowers BG after a high carb meal.

On Wed, 01 Aug 2007 22:40:49 GMT, "Julie Bove" <juliebove@verizon.net>
wrote:

> Another study featured in the current issue of the American Journal of
>> Clinical Nutrition seems to suggest that the use of herbal Salacia
>> oblonga may be of benefit for T2 diabetics in glucose control after
>> meals....
>>
>> I found this one to be of interest, because as we know, many of the so
>> called herbal remedies are of dubious efficacy.
>>
>> Here is a link to the abstract of the article....
>>
>> http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/abstract/86/1/124
>>
>> I don' t think I am going to be queuing up at the health food store
>> just yet, though.
>
>Interesting. Says it lowers BG after a high carb meal.
>


Another interesting aspect is that it reduces insulin secretion at the
same time as reducing glucose output into the bloodstreaml.... The
idea would be that if a person were taking steps to reduce IR.... as
part of an overall plan of attack, it might be beneficial to use
Salacia oblonga. To be sure, more focused research remains to be done,
and I am not prepared to shell out the bucks to get this stuff at the
present time.

Will, T2

On Wed, 01 Aug 2007 19:41:00 -0400, "Will, T2" <wmmckee@cox.net>
wrote:

>Another interesting aspect is that it reduces insulin secretion at the
>same time as reducing glucose output into the bloodstreaml.... The
>idea would be that if a person were taking steps to reduce IR.... as
>part of an overall plan of attack, it might be beneficial to use
>Salacia oblonga. To be sure, more focused research remains to be done,
>and I am not prepared to shell out the bucks to get this stuff at the
>present time.

Mendosa's supicious, too:
http://www.mendosa.com/diabetes_update_81.htm

Nicky.
T2 dx 05/04 + underactive thyroid
D&E, 100ug thyroxine
Last A1c 5.6% BMI 25