Diet and Nutrition

Reports add new data to diet and nutrition research

Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, July 11th, 2005

Data on diet and nutrition are outlined in reports from India.

Study 1: Tea catechins increase the sodium/hydrogen exchanger activity in people with type 2 diabetes.

"Tea catechins (EGCG, EGC, ECG, and EC) possess many important biological properties. We evaluated the effect of tea catechins on erythrocyte membrane Na+/K+-ATPase and sodium/hydrogen exchanger (NHE) activity in normal (control) and NIDDM subjects. Erythrocyte membrane Na+/K+-ATPase and NHE activity were determined in normal and non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM) patients. In vitro effect of tea catechins was studied by incubating membrane/intact erythrocytes in assay...

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