LEF diabetes protocols

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Health Concern

Diabetes

 

Before insulin, botanical medicines were used to treat diabetes. They

are remarkably safe and effective. However, because many botanical

medicines function similarly to insulin, people taking oral diabetes

medications or insulin should use caution to avoid hypoglycemia.

Botanical medicines should be integrated into a regimen of adequate

exercise, healthy eating, nutritional supplements, and medical support.

 

Coffee berry contains some well-studied phytochemicals such as

chlorogenic acid, caffeic acid, ferulic acid, and quinic acid

(Charles-Bernard M et al 2005). Some of coffee berry & rsquo;s most

impressive effects can be seen in blood glucose management. Chlorogenic

acid and caffeic acid are the two primary nutrients in coffee that

benefit individuals with high blood sugar. Glucose-6-phosphatase is an

enzyme crucial to the regulation of blood sugar. Since glucose

generation from glycogen stored in the liver is often overactive in

people with high blood sugar (Basu R et al 2005), reducing the activity

of the glucose-6-phosphatase enzyme leads to reduced blood sugar levels,

with consequent clinical improvements.

 

Chlorogenic acid has been shown to inhibit the glucose-6-phosphatase

enzyme in a dose-dependent manner, resulting in reduced glucose

production (Hemmerle H et al 1997). In a trial at the Moscow Modern

Medical Center, 75 healthy volunteers were given either 90 mg

chlorogenic acid daily or a placebo. Blood glucose levels of the

chlorogenic acid group were 15 percent to 20 percent lower than those of

the placebo group (Abidoff MT 1999). Chlorogenic acid also has an

antagonistic effect on glucose transport, decreasing the intestinal

absorption rate of glucose (Johnston KL et al 2003), which may help

reduce blood insulin levels and minimize fat storage.

 

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