Category Archives: Insulin

The Insulin-Like Activity of Common Herbs

Posted on March 17, 2016 by Robert Barrington

A number of herbs have been traditionally used for the treatment of blood sugar disorders. Cinnamon (Cinnamomum cassia), garlic (Allium sativum), onion (Allium cepa), gurmar (Gymnema sylvestre), bitter melon (Momordica charantia), korean ginseng (Panax ginseng), holy basil (Ocimum sanctum) and … Continue reading →

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Green Tea Reverses Insulin Resistance

Posted on March 14, 2016 by Robert Barrington

Caffeine is known to cause a transient increase in the plasma levels of free fatty acids. This likely results from a concomitant increase in plasma levels of adrenaline, which increases the lipolysis rate of adipocytes and thus increases circulating levels … Continue reading →

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Vitamin D With Calcium: Blood Glucose Regulation

Posted on March 10, 2016 by Robert Barrington

The traditional viewpoint is that vitamin D and calcium are required for correct bone formation. Until recently little attention was paid to either calcium or vitamin outside of this role. However, growing evidence in the nutritional literature has challenged this … Continue reading →

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Vanadium Improves Insulin Sensitivity

Posted on March 2, 2016 by Robert Barrington

Vanadium is an essential mineral in mammals, and both tetravalent and pentavalent vanadium compounds are important biologically. Vanadyl salts such as vanadyl sulphate are available commercially in supplement form. Vanadium has been observed to have an insulin mimetic effect, with … Continue reading →

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Black Tea: Beneficial Glycaemic Effects

Posted on February 17, 2016 by Robert Barrington

There is increasing evidence that green tea is beneficial to the health. A large body of scientific studies show possible benefits including protection from cancer, cardiovascular disease and obesity. The health benefits of green tea are thought to originate from … Continue reading →

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Low Versus High Glycaemic Load Diets

Posted on February 14, 2016 by Robert Barrington
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Vitamin D Improves Insulin Function

Posted on January 8, 2016 by Robert Barrington

Vitamin D is a steroid hormone, and not a true vitamin, as it is synthesised in the skin by the action of ultraviolet light on cholesterol. The traditional view is that vitamin D is required to prevent the development of … Continue reading →

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High Carbohydrate Diets That Are Healthy

Posted on December 25, 2015 by Robert Barrington

Low carbohydrate diets are beneficial to the health. In this regard they have been shown to cause weight loss, improve insulin sensitivity, reduce fasting blood glucose levels, reduce fasting triglyceride levels and have beneficial effects on blood lipoprotein cholesterol. The … Continue reading →

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Fructose and Leptin

Posted on December 11, 2015 by Robert Barrington

Evidence suggests that animals fed high fructose diet have increases in adiposity, body weight and energy intake. There are now many such studies in the nutritional literature involving a wide range of animals, but centred mainly on rodents, particularly rats. … Continue reading →

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Postprandial Effects: Glucose Versus Fructose

Posted on November 22, 2015 by Robert Barrington
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