Effects of Calamansi on Blood Glucose

University Malaysia Sarawak

Status

Completed

Conditions

Blood Glucose Response

Treatments

Other: Glucose

Other: Calamansi

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT04462016

MDP20505_2017/2018_MS0001

Details and patient eligibility

About

It is important to bring the blood glucose levels of those with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) back to normal levels as this can stop the condition from worsening and prevent other conditions that are related to T2DM from developing. One way to maintain healthy blood glucose level is the use of the glycaemic index (GI), which ranks food according to how the body responds to its carbohydrate content. Low GI foods corresponds to low increase in blood glucose levels. Calamansi is a citrus that is believed not to induce an increase in blood glucose levels. Since beverages from calamansi are available and diabetes is a health concern in the community, it is important to investigate the effect of consuming this drink. Finger prick blood were tested in order to obtain the blood glucose levels for calculating the GI for the calamansi drink.

Enrollment

10 patients

Sex

Male

Ages

18 to 21 years old

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

non-smoker
BMI between 18.5 and 24.99 kg/m2
waist circumference less than 102 cm
random blood glucose less than 7.8 mmol/L
negative urine dipstick result
not on any medications
no family history of inherited diseases
no heart conditions (angina, arrhythmia or heart failure)
no history of acute medical or surgical event within the past 6 months.

Exclusion criteria

pre-existing conditions such as HIV, hepatitis, inflammatory bowel diseases, diabetes mellitus, kidney disease, blood disorders (such as thalassaemia)