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New diabetes study findings have been reported by M. Watanabe and colleagues

Published in Health and Medicine Week, January 3rd, 2011

2011 JAN 3 -- "We examined the effects of buckwheat sprouts (BS) (Fagopyrum esculentum Moench) on lipid and carbohydrate metabolism and on in vivo oxidative stress in type 2 diabetic mice. Mice (C57BL/KsJ-lepr(db)/lepr(db), db/db) were fed a diet containing 0%, 5%, or 10% BS based on AIN-93G for 21 d. Plasma parameters, such as total cholesterol, arteriosclerotic index, thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (TBARS), and the HbA1c concentration of whole blood in the diabetic BS-fed groups were lower than those in the diabetic control (AIN-93G) group," scientists writing in the Journal of Food Science report.

"Concentrations of hepatic...

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