Effects of a Dietary Supplement Containing L-Arabinose and Trivalent Patented Food-source of Chromium on Blood Glucose and Insulin

Integrative Health Technologies

Status: Completed

Conditions: Pre-diabetes

Treatments: Dietary Supplement: L-Arabinose and Chromium; Dietary Supplement: Sucrose without dietary Supplement

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: NETWORK

Identifiers

NCT01107431

Pharmachem 40-47

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study was designed to examine changes in capillary blood glucose and venous insulin levels after a 70 gram oral sucrose challenge with and without simultaneous consumption of a dietary supplement containing L-Arabinose and a patented version of chromium (LA-Cr).

Full description

This study concluded that consumption of the LA-Cr supplement in conjunction with a 70-gram sucrose challenge led to a significant reduction of capillary blood glucose and venous insulin as compared to the sucrose challenge without the LA-Cr supplement. This finding may provide an important tool to reduce the adverse effects associated with elevated glucose and insulin levels.

Enrollment: 70 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• All study subjects were required to contact their family physician to ensure they had no medical conditions that would preclude their participation.

Exclusion criteria

• Diabetics, and
• Those not approved by their physicians.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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70 participants in 2 patient groups

Sucrose with Dietary Supplement

Active Comparator group

Description:

Repeated measures on subjects taking 70 grams of sucrose along with taking a dietary supplement containing L-Arabinose and Chromium

Treatment:

Dietary Supplement: L-Arabinose and Chromium

Sucrose without Dietary Supplement

Active Comparator group

Description:

Consumed 70 grams of sucrose without simultaneously taking the dietary supplement

Treatment:

Dietary Supplement: Sucrose without dietary Supplement