Brown seaweed and Improved Fasting Plasma Glucose

• Effect of brown seaweed on plasma glucose in healthy, at-risk, and type 2 diabetic individuals: systematic review and meta-analysis.

  • 2021-09-21
  • Meta-Analysis
  • Nutrition reviews 80(5)
  • • Kate Vaughan
    • Viren Ranawana
    • David Cooper
    • Magaly Aceves-Martins

  • PubMed: 34549293
  • DOI: 10.1093/nutrit/nuab069

  2 Insights on

  • Improved Fasting Plasma Glucose

  • High evidence
  • Clinical

  Meta-analyses showed a significant effect, favoring the intervention group for both fasting (mean difference -4.6 [95% CI -7.88, -1.33])

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Small

  Significant

  Yes