Sesame and Reduced Fasting Blood Glucose Levels

• Integrative Evidence on Sesame Supplementation for Cardiometabolic Risk Factors Relevant to Retinopathy.

  • 2026-01-23
  • Meta-Analysis · n = 441
  • International journal of medical sciences 23(3)
  • • Wu-Hsien Kuo
    • Ko-Shih Chang
    • Fu-Hsuan Kuo
    • Kuan-Po Cheng
    • Ru-Yin Tsai

  • PubMed: 41799776
  • DOI: 10.7150/ijms.123717

  1 Insight on

  • Reduced Fasting Blood Glucose Levels

  • High evidence

  Improvements were also observed in glycemic control, with reductions in fasting blood glucose and HbA1c levels.

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Moderate

  Significant

  Yes

• The beneficial effects of sesame (Sesamum indicum L.) products and their bioactive compounds on cardiovascular disease risk factors in patients with diabetes: A GRADE-Assessed systematic review and meta-analysis.

  • 2025-06
  • Meta-Analysis · n = 731
  • Diabetes & metabolic syndrome 19(6)
  • • Ali Jafari
    • Helia Mardani
    • Faezeh Ghalichi
    • Fatemeh Talebian
    • Farzaneh Mokhtary
    • Fatemeh Razavi
    • Ghazaleh Eslamian

  • PubMed: 40644772
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.dsx.2025.103264

  4 Insights on

  • Reduced Fasting Blood Glucose Levels

  • High evidence

  Sesame supplementation significantly reduced fasting glucose (WMD = -28.48; 95 % CI: 37.66, -19.30; P < 0.001)

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Large

  Significant

  Yes