Fenugreek Prevents Diabetes

Though it has attracted little of the spotlight, one of the most promising treatments for diabetes is the herb fenugreek. And now a new study has shown that for people who actually have prediabetes and are on their way to full blown type 2 diabetes, fenugreek can help prevent progression to the disease. . . .

This three year controlled study divided 140 prediabetics into two groups. One served as a control group and one took 5 grams of fenugreek powder twice a day for three years.

Significantly fewer people on the fenugreek progressed to type 2 diabetes. The control group had a full 4.2 times higher chance of developing diabetes than the fenugreek group.

The people who took fenugreek also had significantly greater reductions in fasting glucose and after eating glucose as well as in LDL cholesterol. They also had significantly greater increases in serum insulin.

Previous research has also shown that fenugreek can help blood sugar levels in type 2 diabetes (Eur J Clin Nutr 1988; Nutr Res 1996; Chin J Integ Med 2008). Previous research has even demonstrated a benefit for fenugreek in type 1 diabetics (Eur J Clin Nutr 1990).

J Diabetes Metab Disord 2015;14:74

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