Diabetes spreads around the world with frightening speed, according to an online edition for girls and women from 14 to 35 years old Pannochka. net But less than half of diabetics receive adequate treatment and nutrition - this fact suggests that we obviously need additional funds to fight the disease.

We need new, affordable and effective drugs without serious side effects.

The source of such medicines can become leaf and juice of aloe.

An analysis of nine scientific studies that examined the effect of aloe vera on diabetic and pre-diabetes patients demonstrated the enormous potential of this plant. The authors of the project believe that aloe is a real treasure hiding in itself poorly studied hypoglycemic substances.

The results of the analysis were published by the staff of the David Grant Medical Center (Fairfield, California) on the pages of The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine. The researchers found that with fasting glucose levels of 200 mg / dl, aloe vera can bring significant benefits.

Diabetes mellitus is a lifelong, painful disease characterized by increased blood sugar and gradual damage to blood vessels, nerve cells, internal organs. In the world, there are 382 million people with diabetes, more than 90% of whom suffer from an insulin-independent form of the disease (type II).

In the United States, which accounts for 21 million people with diabetes, economic losses due to treatment and disability are estimated at $ 250 billion per year.

WHO estimates that global losses due to diabetes may exceed $ 490-500 billion by 2030.

For a number of reasons, diabetics more often than others turn to alternative and nontraditional methods of treatment. A popular remedy for diabetes is aloe vera (Aloe barbadensis), a medicinal plant known to the ancient Chinese, Egyptians, Greeks, Indians, Japanese and Aztecs for thousands of years.

Relatively recently, foreign science has recognized the benefits of ointments and lotions with aloe in psoriasis, seborrheic dermatitis, acne, and even with genital herpes. But is aloe really good for diabetes?.

Aloe - a storehouse of medicinal substances.

Folk medicine uses aloe leaves with their most valuable contents - transparent juice. Commercial aloe vera products are made from leaves, juice or both components of a plant.

In total, aloe contains at least 75 active substances, including vitamins, enzymes, trace elements, anthraquinones, mono-, di- and polysaccharides, lignans, simple phenols, tannins, saponins, organic acids, salicylic acid, phytosterols, proteins and amino acids.

Among this list are some compounds that help control sugar.

The authors of the last work recall that in aloe is rich in chromium, magnesium, manganese and zinc - elements that are recognized as key players for the metabolism of glucose and the work of the hormone insulin.

There are studies that testify to the benefits of aloe in asthma, glaucoma, arterial hypertension, inflammatory bowel disease, etc.. But almost all of these data are incomplete and need to be rechecked. In spite of everything, the Internet abounds with offers to buy dietary supplements with aloe.

New evidence for the use of aloe In a recent study, Californian scientists analyzed the relationship between taking aloe and such important indicators as fasting glucose (FBG), glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c), and glucose tolerance in people with type 2 diabetes and prediabetes.

All 9 studies contained adequate data on FBG (a total of 283 participants), 5 of them also contained data on glycated hemoglobin (89 participants).

The duration of the study varied from 4 to 14 weeks.

Very little, but it's the beginning.

Recall that fasting plasma glucose (FPG) is measured when a person did not take any food or drinks for at least 8 hours. Indices ranging from 100-125 mg / dl are characteristic of pre-diabetes, above 126 mg / dl for diabetes.

Glycated hemoglobin, also called hemoglobin A1c, or HbA1c, is an indirect indicator of the extent to which blood sugar has been present in the preceding 2-3 months. Indicators above 6.5% are characteristic of diabetes mellitus.

The results were impressive:.

• Fasting glucose in people taking aloe vera was reduced by an average of 46.6 mg / dL.

• The values ??of HbA1c after treatment with aloe drugs decreased by an average of 1.05%.

It is true that which aloe preparations and in what doses were taken by the participants of those or other studies, the authors did not take into account.

This is one of the main disadvantages of the project, which focuses criticism.

"Does our data suggest that taking aloe can be beneficial for people with diabetes and pre-diabetes who have fasting glucose levels?" 200 mg / dL. Given the numerous restrictions and a small amount of work, we propose to continue studying the aloe in diabetes, "the report says..

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