White Mulberry and Improved Insulin Levels

• Effects of the timing of acute mulberry leaf extract intake on postprandial glucose metabolism in healthy adults: a randomised, placebo-controlled, double-blind study.

  • 2023-01-17
  • RCT
  • European journal of clinical nutrition 77(4)
  • • Masaki Takahashi
    • Yui Mineshita
    • Jumpei Yamagami
    • Chunyi Wang
    • Kyoko Fujihira
    • Yu Tahara
    • Hyeon-Ki Kim
    • Takashi Nakaoka
    • Shigenobu Shibata

  • PubMed: 36650279
  • DOI: 10.1038/s41430-023-01259-x

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  • Improved Insulin Levels

  • High evidence
  • Rigorous Journal
  • Adults

  Moreover, the postprandial insulin concentrations 180 min after the meal were significantly lower in the EM trials than those in the EP trials (P = 0.034).

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Small

  Significant

  Yes

• Morus Alba leaf extract affects metabolic profiles, biomarkers inflammation and oxidative stress in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: A double-blind clinical trial.

  • 2022-06
  • RCT · n = 60
  • Clinical nutrition ESPEN 49
  • • Mohsen Taghizadeh
    • Azam Mohammad Zadeh
    • Zatollah Asemi
    • Amir Hosein Farrokhnezhad
    • Mohammad Reza Memarzadeh
    • Zarin Banikazemi
    • Mohammad Shariat
    • Rana Shafabakhsh

  • PubMed: 35623877
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.clnesp.2022.03.027

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  • Improved Insulin Levels

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  • Clinical

  Morus Alba extract intake significantly decreased insulin (P = 0.026) and malondialdehyde (MDA) (P < 0.001), and significantly increased HDL-cholesterol concentrations (P = 0.001) compared with the placebo.

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Small

  Significant

  Yes

  Dose

  300 mg twice a day