Supplements of Coccinia Indica May Aid Diabetics

Filed in archive Developments , Research , Treatment on December 6, 2007

According to a new study from India, the supplementation of the Indian herbal Coccinia indica may reduce blood sugar levels by about 20 percent.

Such finding adds to the said Indian herb's potential link to aid diabetics.

A one gram daily dose of C. indica extract led to an 18 per cent reduction in blood sugar levels after meals, according to a double blind, placebo control, randomised study published in the journal Diabetes Care.

The study adds to an ever-growing body of evidence behind the herb's benefits for diabetics, highlighted a few years back in a review by researchers from the Harvard Medical School.

They stated that Coccinia indica had the most evidence supporting their potential benefits, with results available from adequately designed randomised controlled trials (RCTs).

Well, what harm could it do? Unless it has a reaction to your oral diabetes drugs or if it has adverse side effects...otherwise, what harm could an herbal supplement do?

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