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HIV NUTRITION UPDATE
VOLUME 9, ISSUE 4
Dietary Supplements and Blood Glucose

 

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Many people are not aware of the ability that herbs have to alter blood glucose. For instance, Capsicum, also known as cayenne may increase the hepatic metabolism of drugs by increasing the activity of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase and adipose lipase. (3) Ephedra, recently banned in the U.S., can increase blood glucose, which can cause hyperglycemia and loss of blood glucose control in those patients with diabetes. Excessive consumption of ginger may lower blood glucose and Guarana contains caffeine, which is a stimulant that can also increase blood glucose. Although caffeine can increase blood glucose, epigallocatechin gallate (a component of green tea) has an antidiabetic effect. Excessive amounts of caffeine increased blood glucose but recent preliminary research showed a decrease in the risk of type 2 diabetes. Table 1 lists herbs that may lower blood glucose levels. (4) 
 
 

 
 
 
"Excessive consumption of ginger may lower blood glucose and Guarana contains caffeine, which is a stimulant that can also increase blood glucose."

 

 
TABLE 1.  Dietary Supplements that may Lower Blood Glucose Levels
Aceitilla Ackee Agrimony Alfalfa
Alkali Seepweed Aloe juice Alpha lipoic acid Andrographis
Ashwagandha Bai Zhu Baikal Skullcap Banana Flower/Roots
Banyan Stem Bilberry Bishop's Weed Bitter Melon/Gourd
Blackberry Black Date Black Seed Burdock
Bushenhuoxue Tablet Calendula Cashew Leaf Castor Aralia Tree
Catarinita flowers Cayenne/chili peppers (Capsicum frutescens) Chard Chicory
Cinnamon Chitosan oligosaccharide Coccinia Copalchi Roots
Compound Q/Chinese Cucumber Cordyceps fruiting body Cumin Coriander
Corn Silk and Bran Hemicellulose Desert worm wood leaf Damiana Dandelion
Elder Eucalyptus Fenugreek Flaxseed
Garlic Ginseng American/Asian Ginger Globularia
Glucomannan Goat’s Rue Grape seed procyanidins Guar Gum
Guarumo Leaf/Stem Guava Juice Gulancha Gymnema
Hatimi Zio Gan Hawthorn Hops Isohumulones Horehound
Horse Chestnut Injerto Flower Leaves/Stem Hydrophilia Ivy Gourd
Jambul/Java Plum Jin Qi Jiang Tang Pian Jian Tang  Jiang Tang
Juniper Konjac mannnan Kudzu Lagerstroemia
Licorice flavonoid oil Li Ren Loosestrife Lycium
Madagascar Periwinkle Maitake Mushroom Matarique Milk thistle
Mulberry Leaf Myrtle Neem Noni
Nettle/stinging nettle Nopal Olive Leaf Onion
Parsley Paweiwan Phyllanthus Leaf Pigeon Pea
Prickly Pear Psyllium Quercetin Red Sandlewood
Reishi Roman Chamomile Sacred Basil Sage
Salt Bush Leaf Shiitake exo-polymer Senega Snakeroot Sho-saiko-To
Siberian Ginseng Silk Cotton Tree Soybeans Sweet Broom
Tang Niao Kang Tang Niao Tung- 2/3 Tea Tang Shen Jiao Nang
Thorny Burnet To Kai San Tronadora Leaf Turmeric
Water lotus Tremella mushroom acidic polysaccharide  White Button Mushroom Xanthan gum
Xue Tang Ping Yacon Yohimbe Zygophyllum gaetulum

 
 
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