Mauritio
Member
- Joined
- Feb 26, 2018
- Messages
- 5,669
Another win for the power-herb cistanche. This study showed that it increases glycogen content in muscles of diabetic Rats by over 50% and in their liver by over 40%.
Given that the glycogen content didn't exceed the value of normal control groups, it'd rather call it a "normalization" of glycogen stores.
But if you think about how many peole these days live in (pre-)diabetic state,they might very well be in a similar situation as the rats.
The study also found benefits of various markers of blood sugar-/pancreas-health and insulin sensitivity. Like a lowering of the long term blood sugar measurement Hba1c.
They also found an increase in anti-oxidants like SOD (superoxide dismutase).
"Pharmacological tests indicated that TGCT significantly reversed STZ-induced weight loss (11.1%, 200 mg/kg); decreased FPG (56.4%, 200 mg/kg) and HbA1c (37.4%, 200 mg/kg); ameliorated the OGTT, AUC-G and insulin sensitivity; increased glycogen content (40.8% in liver and 52.6% in muscle, 200 mg/kg) and the activities of carbohydrate metabolizing enzymes; regulated lipid profile changes and the activities of antioxidant enzymes; diminished serum markers of oxidative stress and inflammation in a dose-dependent manner (p < 0.05)."
(Hypoglycemic and hypolipidemic effects of total glycosides of Cistanche tubulosa in diet/streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats - PubMed)
Given that the glycogen content didn't exceed the value of normal control groups, it'd rather call it a "normalization" of glycogen stores.
But if you think about how many peole these days live in (pre-)diabetic state,they might very well be in a similar situation as the rats.
The study also found benefits of various markers of blood sugar-/pancreas-health and insulin sensitivity. Like a lowering of the long term blood sugar measurement Hba1c.
They also found an increase in anti-oxidants like SOD (superoxide dismutase).
"Pharmacological tests indicated that TGCT significantly reversed STZ-induced weight loss (11.1%, 200 mg/kg); decreased FPG (56.4%, 200 mg/kg) and HbA1c (37.4%, 200 mg/kg); ameliorated the OGTT, AUC-G and insulin sensitivity; increased glycogen content (40.8% in liver and 52.6% in muscle, 200 mg/kg) and the activities of carbohydrate metabolizing enzymes; regulated lipid profile changes and the activities of antioxidant enzymes; diminished serum markers of oxidative stress and inflammation in a dose-dependent manner (p < 0.05)."
(Hypoglycemic and hypolipidemic effects of total glycosides of Cistanche tubulosa in diet/streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats - PubMed)