THE THERAPEUTIC EFFECTS OF A HIGH FIBRE DIET ON THE EXPERIMENTAL DIABETES AND CLINICAL DIABETES MELLITUS
- VernacularTitle:高纤维食品对糖尿病的实验治疗及临床疗效观察
- Author:
Mingzhi XIE
;
Guoxian SHAO
;
Zhufang SHEN
;
Yi HUA
;
Qiming CHEN
;
Haifan LIU
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
high fibre diet non-insulin dependent diabetics alloxan-diabetic mice carbohydrate tolerance blood glucose
- From:
Acta Nutrimenta Sinica
1956;0(02):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
The therapeutic effects of a high fibre diet composed of naturally high fibre foodstuffs containing protein, various essential amino acids and trace elements (Zn, Cr etc.) on diabetics were tested both experimentally and clinically. The high fibre diet or steamed bread (for control) with identical carbohydrate content was taken by normal mice, alloxan diabetic mice and nine healthy volunteers. The high fibre diet caused significant reduction in the blood glucose area (carbohydrate tolerance) as compared with the steamed bread. In another study, eighteen non-insulin dependent diabetic patients (10 females, 8 males) were administered the high fibre diet for 34 days, the average fasting and 2 h postprandial blood glucose level were significantly lower than those before the test, but no difference was observed in blood electrolytes. This implied that no malabsorption occurred during the testing period. At the same time, 16 of the 17 overweight patients were found to have a reduction of weights. In addition, improvement of symptoms (poly-dipsia polyuria, constipation etc) both in diabetic animals and in patients was observed. This study indicates that the high fibre diet is benificial for diabetic patients.
