More and more people the world over are becoming diabetic. Diabetes is a condition where the body produces less insulin or it does not use the insulin properly.
Diabetes is often termed as a killer disease. If diabetes is not treated, it can lead to many complications like blindness, neuropathy, kidney failure, heart failure and amputations.
Well, diabetes patients have to undergo regular sugar tests and also have to be under medication a whole life. However, patients can now relive because of the new technologies. There are glucose monitors, which help in monitoring the blood sugar levels and insulin pumps that dispense insulin without the need for injections.
Well, now researchers have successfully tested artificial pancreas that helps in regulating the glucose levels. The artificial pancreas is composed of an insulin pump and a blood glucose monitor.
Reports have said that the artificial pancreas tested was a great success. The primary results showed that the system helped in five-fold reduction of low blood glucoses and increased overall glucose control.
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African tea to control blood sugar
A recent study has revealed that African tea helps in controlling blood sugar levels in the body.
A team of researchers in Denmark has completed a four-month long clinical trial on 23 patients with type 2 diabetes and had said that the trial was more than satisfaction.
The patients who were given African tea, which are produced from the extract of Rauvolfia Vomitoria leaves and the fruit of Citrus aurantium, had shown considerable effect.
Researchers at the Copenhagen university, which had conducted the study says though the African Tea initially did not affect the sugar content of the blood, but had shown gradual progress. In four months, there was a significant increase in glucose tolerance, they said.
It was also seen that there was an increase in the polyunsaturated fatty acids in patients who were administered the African tea. When there is an increase of the polyunsaturated fatty acids, the cell membranes become more permeable, which results in the cells absorbing glucose better from the blood.
A team of researchers in Denmark has completed a four-month long clinical trial on 23 patients with type 2 diabetes and had said that the trial was more than satisfaction.
The patients who were given African tea, which are produced from the extract of Rauvolfia Vomitoria leaves and the fruit of Citrus aurantium, had shown considerable effect.
Researchers at the Copenhagen university, which had conducted the study says though the African Tea initially did not affect the sugar content of the blood, but had shown gradual progress. In four months, there was a significant increase in glucose tolerance, they said.
It was also seen that there was an increase in the polyunsaturated fatty acids in patients who were administered the African tea. When there is an increase of the polyunsaturated fatty acids, the cell membranes become more permeable, which results in the cells absorbing glucose better from the blood.
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