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Preventing diabetes: Questions about chromium supplements, chia seeds
Diabetes & Endocrine System | Last Active: Jan 10, 2017 | Replies (18)Comment receiving replies
As a prevention of Diabetes, will 1 1/2 Tablespoons of Chia seeds help? Any dangers?
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Hi @sarasotababe,
Here's some information that I found online. I'm sure you've done some of this research yourself.
From Harvard Health blog http://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/a-chia-pet-for-diabetes-20101217923
Excerpt: "Some preliminary research indicates that chia seeds could—I stress the “could”—help people with diabetes control their blood sugar and protect their hearts. Studies in animals show that a chia-rich diet lowers harmful LDL cholesterol and triglycerides while increasing beneficial HDL cholesterol. And a white-seeded variant of chia, called Salba, helped diabetic volunteers control their blood sugar, as well as their blood pressure and new markers of cardiac risk, such as C-reactive protein.
The results of the study were published in the journal Diabetes Care. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17686832
@sarasotababe do you work with a nutritionist or dietitian to manage diabetes? Do you have diabetes or are you concerned about a high risk?
Like with all supplements that haven't been vetted through double blind studies there might be a down side to chia seeds. I've blown thousands on supplements to little or no benefit so I'm an uber-skeptic. One good way to get some assurance that something like this might have benefit is to search pubmed for meta analyses(studies of studies, Cochrane database) on them instead of single studies. Maybe chia seeds will turn out to be magic who knows. Most seeds are healthy since they contain the nutrients needed to germinate. Or, its the fiber, which is proven to help lipid profiles. Here's a government site for pre-diabetes prevention which seems ok. Government sites in general are way too verbose. Sorry that I was so brief on an earlier response.
@johnwburns can you post the link please?
Sorry, I do that a lot. https://www.niddk.nih.gov/about-niddk/research-areas/diabetes/diabetes-prevention-program-dpp/Pages/default.aspx
As far as supplements, there is a lot out there for a few of them that may have legs. Alpha lipoic acid is one. Vitamin D is another. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4792019/
I went crazy on supplements when I found out that I had cancer and was told to stop by Dr Stephen Freedland at Duke, reiterated by the radiation oncologist at Mayo. Dr Freedland has dome a lot of interesting stuff on diet and prostate cancer survival.
But I digress. Hope that you are enjoying the holiday.
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Probably not. Maybe.