Daily consumption of red dates beneficial for type 2 diabetes patients: Study
Iran: Daily consumption of Ziziphus jujube (commonly known as jujube, red date, or Chinese date) has positive effects on blood sugar levels and lipid profiles in patients with type 2 diabetes, a recent study in Clinical Nutrition ESPEN has shown.
In the randomized controlled clinical trial, Parvin Mirmiran, University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran, and colleagues aimed to assess the effect of dried Ziziphus jujube on lipid profiles, blood glucose, inflammatory factors, and anthropometric indices in type 2 diabetes (T2D) patients.
The trial included 48 patients, aged 30–65 years. They were randomly assigned to 30 g Ziziphus jujube daily for 12 weeks (intervention group; n=24) and control (n=24) group. 10 ml of blood was taken from each patient after a 12- to 14-h overnight fasting at baseline and at the end of the 12th week.
Plasma levels of triglycerides(TGs), fasting plasma glucose (FPG), high-density lipoprotein-cholesterol(HDL-C), total cholesterol(TC), and low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol(LDL-C), interleukin-6(IL-6), and high-sensitivity C-reactive protein(hs-CRP) were measured. Anthropometric indices were determined.
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