Saffron and Reduced Hemoglobin A1c

• Effect of saffron supplementation on the glycemic outcomes in diabetes: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

  • 2024-03-15
  • Systematic Review · n = 562
  • Frontiers in nutrition 11
  • • Jiaxin Liu
    • Yang Yang
    • Yun Qi

  • PubMed: 38559777
  • DOI: 10.3389/fnut.2024.1349006

  5 Insights on

  • Reduced Hemoglobin A1c

  • High evidence
  • Clinical

  Compared with placebo, saffron supplementation significantly reduced ... HbA1c (WMD = -0.22%; 95% CI: -0.33, -0.10; p < 0.001)

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Small

  Significant

  Yes

  Dose

  5 mg/day to 1 g/day

• Effect of Aromatic Herbs and Spices Present in the Mediterranean Diet on the Glycemic Profile in Type 2 Diabetes Subjects: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

  • 2024-03-07
  • Meta-Analysis
  • Nutrients 16(6)
  • • María Carmen Garza
    • Sofía Pérez-Calahorra
    • Carmen Rodrigo-Carbó
    • María Antonia Sánchez-Calavera
    • Estíbaliz Jarauta
    • Rocío Mateo-Gallego
    • Irene Gracia-Rubio
    • Itziar Lamiquiz-Moneo

  • PubMed: 38542668
  • DOI: 10.3390/nu16060756

  3 Insights on

  • Reduced Hemoglobin A1c

  • High evidence
  • Rigorous Journal
  • Clinical

  Only ginger and black cumin reported a significant improvement in glycated hemoglobin

  Effect

  Neutral

  Effect size

  Small

  Significant

  No