Flaxseed vs diabetes

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Flaxseed Provides Another Way to Help Protect Against Diabetes

 

 

By Greg Arnold, DC, CSCS, May 10, 2006, abstracted from Pilot Study:

Flaxseed Supplementation Was Effective in Lowering Serum Glucose and

Triacylglycerol in Glucose Intolerant People " in the Journal of the American

Neutraceutical Association

 

Despite increased efforts in public education, the number of Americans

with type 2 diabetes (T2D) has continued to increase over the past ten years,

including a 70% increase among people 30 to 39 years of age.

Fortunately, there are warning signs that T2D is starting to develop. The

biggest warning sign is " impaired glucose tolerance " (IGT). ). IGT occurs when

cells become less responsive to insulin and, as a result, keep blood sugar

levels elevated and serve as a precursor to T2D. IGT affects more than 15% of

people aged 40-74 years, 10% of whom will develop T2D. Since it has been shown

that IGT is brought on by oxidative stress, ways to minimize oxidative stress

can provide a powerful tool to help protect against IGT and T2D.

 

Now a new study has found that people with IGT can help protect against

T2D by supplementing their diet with flaxseed.

 

As a whole seed, a ground seed, or oil flaxseed has been used for

thousands of years not for its nutrition properties but instead to make cloth.

Since its nutrition properties have come to light in recent years, there has

been a marked increase in flaxseed's nutritional role, with sales increasing by

177% in 1999. Research on flax has focused mostly on its anti-cancer

properties, not its ability to help protect against T2D.

 

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