An exciting new study revealing the positive effects of royal jelly on Type 2 Diabetes, which is quite amazing as honey is now recommend for Type 1 diabetics. This is part of a continuing thread in current research consistently showing the preventative effects of bee products on chronic illnesses.
Effects of royal jelly supplementation on glycemic
control and oxidative stress factors in type 2 diabetic female: a randomized
clinical trial
Chin J Integr Med, 2014 Mar 7
OBJECTIVE:
It has been proposed that royal jelly has antioxidant
properties and may improve oxidative stress and glycemic control. Therefore, we
investigated the effects of royal jelly supplementation in diabetic females.
METHODS:
In this pilot, parallel design randomized clinical trial, 50
female volunteers with type 2 diabetes were randomly allocated to the
supplemented (25, cases) and placebo (25, cases) groups, based on random block
procedure produced by Random Allocation Software, given a daily dose of 1,000
mg royal jelly soft gel or placebo, respectively, for 8 weeks. Before and after
intervention, glycemic control indices, antioxidant and oxidative stress
factors were measured.
RESULTS:
After royal jelly supplementation, the mean fasting blood
glucose decreased remarkably (163.05±42.51 mg/dL vs. 149.68±42.7 mg/dL). Royal
jelly supplementation resulted in significant reduction in the mean serum
glycosylated hemoglobin levels (8.67%±2.24% vs. 7.05%±1.45%, P=0.001) and
significant elevation in the mean insulin concentration (70.28±29.16 pmol/L vs.
86.46±27.50 pmol/L, P=0.01). Supplementation significantly increased
erythrocyte superoxidase dismutase and glutathione peroxidase activities and
decreased malondialdehyde levels (P < 0.05). At the end of study, the mean
total antioxidant capacity elevated insignificantly in both groups.
CONCLUSIONS:
On the basis of our findings, it seems that royal jelly
supplementation may be beneficial in controlling diabetes outcomes. Further
studies with larger sample size are warranted.
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