Stevia, Xylitol Benefits for Diabetes I, II and Insulin Resistance
Posted: Thu Jan 16, 2014 10:12 am
After reading this article, I will try adding more often the stevia extract, rebaudioside A, the sweetest stevia extract, a white powder, to my diet and see if any positive effect on blood glucose. I've also found it combined with erythritol, a sugar alcohol, in sugar substitutes.
I read that berberine, the active component of goldenseal herb, that may help in insulin resistance and found it as one of 5 ingredients in an insulin resistance supplement that includes Ceylon Cinnamon extract, supposedly the one that helps lower blood glucose.
I wondered why an herbal blend for pancreas function I saw included goldenseal.
Berberine is not yet commonly available as a solo supplement in stores from major manufacturers, but can be ordered online.
I recently tried some chocolate made with stevia that was on sale at Whole Foods.
It uses a stevia extract, is non-GMO and Fair Trade Organic. Did have a pleasant, not rich nor creamy, taste.
http://www.lilyssweets.com/
Life Extension Foundation, who wrote the article below, makes a xylitol sweetened chocolate, but it is just too expensive, even during their current sale.
Susan
At the root of many cases of chronically elevated glucose and insulin levels is insulin resistance. In rats fed a fructose-rich diet for four weeks to induce insulin resistance, stevioside lowered high blood glucose levels in a dose-dependent manner and delayed the development of insulin resistance.
Studies have evaluated the effects of stevioside on animal models of both type I and type II diabetes: elevated blood glucose levels were lowered, and less insulin medication was needed for the same effect. This research clearly demonstrates that stevia has the ability to increase cellular insulin sensitivity and help reverse insulin resistance.
Interestingly, the mechanism for stevioside’s hypoglycemic effect in the latter group of rats with insulin dependent type I diabetes was determined to be slowing down gluconeogenesis (the synthesis of glucose in the liver from non-carbohydrate sources).
Another plant compound very familiar to readers of Life Extension magazine®, chlorogenic acid from coffee beans, also down-regulates gluconeogenesis. Coffee sweetened with stevia may pack quite a one-two punch for blood sugar control!
The effect of stevia on blood sugar has only been observed when plasma glucose levels are elevated. It does not lower normal blood sugar levels in healthy individuals.5
http://www.lef.org/magazine/mag2014/feb ... tol_01.htm
I read that berberine, the active component of goldenseal herb, that may help in insulin resistance and found it as one of 5 ingredients in an insulin resistance supplement that includes Ceylon Cinnamon extract, supposedly the one that helps lower blood glucose.
I wondered why an herbal blend for pancreas function I saw included goldenseal.
Berberine is not yet commonly available as a solo supplement in stores from major manufacturers, but can be ordered online.
I recently tried some chocolate made with stevia that was on sale at Whole Foods.
It uses a stevia extract, is non-GMO and Fair Trade Organic. Did have a pleasant, not rich nor creamy, taste.
http://www.lilyssweets.com/
Life Extension Foundation, who wrote the article below, makes a xylitol sweetened chocolate, but it is just too expensive, even during their current sale.
Susan
At the root of many cases of chronically elevated glucose and insulin levels is insulin resistance. In rats fed a fructose-rich diet for four weeks to induce insulin resistance, stevioside lowered high blood glucose levels in a dose-dependent manner and delayed the development of insulin resistance.
Studies have evaluated the effects of stevioside on animal models of both type I and type II diabetes: elevated blood glucose levels were lowered, and less insulin medication was needed for the same effect. This research clearly demonstrates that stevia has the ability to increase cellular insulin sensitivity and help reverse insulin resistance.
Interestingly, the mechanism for stevioside’s hypoglycemic effect in the latter group of rats with insulin dependent type I diabetes was determined to be slowing down gluconeogenesis (the synthesis of glucose in the liver from non-carbohydrate sources).
Another plant compound very familiar to readers of Life Extension magazine®, chlorogenic acid from coffee beans, also down-regulates gluconeogenesis. Coffee sweetened with stevia may pack quite a one-two punch for blood sugar control!
The effect of stevia on blood sugar has only been observed when plasma glucose levels are elevated. It does not lower normal blood sugar levels in healthy individuals.5
http://www.lef.org/magazine/mag2014/feb ... tol_01.htm