L-Tryptophan and Reduced Fasting Blood Glucose Levels

• Effects of Duodenal Infusion of Lauric Acid and L-Tryptophan, Alone and Combined, on Fasting Glucose, Insulin and Glucagon in Healthy Men.

  • 2019-11-07
  • RCT
  • Nutrients 11(11)
  • • Christina McVeay
    • Penelope C E Fitzgerald
    • Michael Horowitz
    • Christine Feinle-Bisset

  • PubMed: 31703434
  • DOI: 10.3390/nu11112697

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  • Reduced Fasting Blood Glucose Levels

  • High evidence
  • Rigorous Journal
  • Adults

  Both C12 and C12+Trp moderately reduced plasma glucose compared with control (p < 0.05).

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Moderate

  Significant

  Yes

  Dose

  0.1 kcal/min intraduodenal infusion in combination with 0.3 kcal/min Lauric Acid for 90 min