Drinking Chamomile Tea May Help Fight Complications Of Diabetes

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Drinking Chamomile Tea May Help Fight Complications Of Diabetes

 

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ScienceDaily (Sep. 16, 2008) — Drinking chamomile tea daily with

meals may help prevent the complications of diabetes, which include

loss of vision, nerve damage, and kidney damage, researchers in Japan

and the United Kingdom are reporting.

 

The findings could lead to the development of a new chamomile-based

drug for type 2 diabetes, which is at epidemic levels in this country

and spreading worldwide, they note. Their study appears in the Sept.

10 issue of the ACS' Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, a bi-

weekly publication.

 

In the new study, Atsushi Kato and colleagues point out that

chamomile, also known as manzanilla, has been used for years as a

medicinal cure-all to treat a variety of medical problems including

stress, colds, and menstrual cramps. Scientists recently proposed

that the herbal tea might also be beneficial for fighting diabetes,

but the theory hasn't been scientifically tested until now.

 

To find out, the researchers fed chamomile extract to a group of

diabetic rats for 21 days and compared the results to a group of

control animals on a normal diet. The chamomile-supplemented animals

showed a significant decrease in blood glucose levels compared with

the controls, they say. The extract also showed significant

inhibition of both ALR2 enzymes and sorbitol, whose elevated levels

are associated with increased diabetic complications, the scientists

say.

 

Journal reference:

 

1. Kato, Atsushi, Minoshima, Yuka, Yamamoto, Jo, Adachi, Isao,

Watson, Alison A, and Nash, Robert J. Protective Effects of Dietary

Chamomile Tea on Diabetic Complications. Journal of Agricultural and

Food Chemistry, 2008; 56 (17): 8206 DOI: 10.1021/jf8014365

 

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Hi Butch - thanks for the Diabetes info~~~

 

God Bless You & Yours,

Georgia (hahagranny)

 

God's answers are wiser than our prayers

 

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that take your breath away

 

 

 

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