Diet & Nutrition
Researchers' data advance diet & nutrition research
Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, April 2nd, 2006
Study 1: Low-dose oral vitamin C therapy is ineffective at improving endothelial dysfunction and insulin resistance in type 2 diabetes.
"Endothelial dysfunction is a hallmark of Type 2 diabetes related to hyperglycemia and oxidative stress. Nitric oxide-dependent vasodilator actions of insulin may augment glucose disposal. Thus endothelial dysfunction may worsen insulin resistance. Intra-arterial administration of vitamin C improves endothelial dysfunction in diabetes," investigators in the United States report.
H. Chen and colleagues working with the...
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