PURPOSE Consumption of sugar-reformulated products (commercially available foods and beverages that have been reduced in sugar content through reformulation) is a potential strategy for lowering sugar intake at a population level. The impact of sugar-reformulated products on body weight, energy balance (EB) dynamics and cardiovascular disease risk indicators has yet to be established. The REFOR...

rheumatoid arthritis (ra) patients are vulnerable to cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in which atherosclerosis plays a major role. in this study, the lipid profile and fasting blood sugar (fbs) of ra patients receiving a complementary medicine of olive and fig, as add-on therapy for routine disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (dmards) regimen containing low dose methotrexate (mtx), were...

abstract background: vitamin d supplementation has been shown to decrease insulin resistance through which it might cause fatty liver. fatty liver increasingly results in type 2 diabetes mellitus (t2dm). insulin resistance and fatty liver are particularly closely related. the aim of present study is to examine the effect of vitamin d supplementation on blood sugar and different indices of insul...

objective: herbal medicine and medical plants such as ziziphus jujuba are widely used in the treatment of diseases such as diabetes mellitus. we investigated the effects of ethanol extracts of ziziphus jujuba fruit on serum glucose, triglycerides, ldl-cholesterol, hdl-cholesterol, cholesterol and activities of aminotransferase enzymes in streptozocin-induced diabetic adult male rats. materials ...

The ability of the pancreas, from various types of dogs, to correct diabetic hyperglycemia has been studied (Table XI). The pancreas from one animal was united by a vascular union with the neck blood vessels of another dog which had been pancreatectomized for 20 hours. The time necessary to reduce the blood sugar level to 120 mg. per cent was determined. 1. Pancreas from 6 hypophysectomized dog...

abstract  introduction: addiction to opioids is a major health challenge in the world today. a few studies have addressed the effects of these substances and the wrong beliefs surrounding their use. this study was designed to compare plasma lipid peroxidation levels, blood lipids, fasting blood sugar (fbs), and glycosylated hemoglobin (hba1c) in opium addicts and non-addict control subjects. me...

Background and Objectives: Snacks are important parts of diabetes patients’ diet. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the effects of moderate amounts of dates and raisins, as nutritious snacks, on blood glucose, and to compare these effects with sugar in patients with type 2 diabetes. Materials and Methods: This crossover clinical trial was performed on 15 patients with type 2 diabete...

Diabetes mellitus is the most common endocrine disorder, causes many complications such as micro- and macro-vascular diseases. Anti-diabetic, hypolipidemic and anti-oxidative properties of ginger have been noticed in several researches. The present study was conducted to investigate the effects of ginger on fasting blood sugar, Hemoglobin A1c, apolipoprotein B, apolipoprotein A-I, and malondial...

Traumatic brain injury(TBI) occurs when an external force traumatically injures the brain. TBI is a leading cause of death and disability. A complex pathophysiological cascade of cellular events is involved in it. Experimental models have shown that TBI results in a significant increase in glucose utilization following injury. Hyperglycemia aggravates underlying brain damage by causing free rad...

OBJECTIVE To compare the efficacy of metformin with insulin in the management of pregnancy with diabetes. STUDY DESIGN Randomized clinical trial. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Maternal and Child Health Centre (MCH), Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences, Islamabad, from May 2010 to January 2011. METHODOLOGY A total of 68 pregnant patients with diab...