Category: Diabetes

Study: Diabetes High-dose vitamin E supplementation normalizes retinal blood flow and creatinine clearance in patients with type 1 diabetes. Bursell SE; Clermont AC; Aiello LP; Aiello LM; Schlossman DK; Feener EP; Laffel L; King GL Diabetes Care 1999 Aug;22(8):1245-51 OBJECTIVE: To determine the effectiveness of vitamin E treatment in normalizing retinal blood flow and renal […] More

Study: Diabetes Diabetes mellitus is controlled by vitamin C treatment. Kodama M; Kodama T; Murakami M; Kodama M In Vivo 1993 Nov-Dec;7(6A):535-42 The present study was started to investigate the question of whether or not vitamin C administration may help control diabetes mellitus (DM) by stimulating the insulin mechanism of a DM patient. We were […] More

Study: Diabetes Diabetes mellitus–a free radical-associated disease. Results of adjuvant antioxidant supplementation Kahler W; Kuklinski B; Ruhlmann C; Plotz C Zeitschrift der Gesamten Inneren Medizin 1993 May;48(5):223-32 Our investigations carried out in patients with diabetes mellitus revealed oxidative stress loads. The study presented here was to clarify whether a therapy with antioxidants can contribute to […] More

Study: Diabetes A deficiency of vitamin B6 is a plausible molecular basis of the retinopathy of patients with diabetes mellitus. Ellis JM; Folkers K; Minadeo M; Van Buskirk R; Xia LJ; Tamagawa H Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1991 Aug 30;179(1):615-9 Eighteen patients with diabetes mellitus, some of whom had variously retinopathy, pregnancy, and the carpal […] More

Study: Diabetes Vitamin E reduction of protein glycosylation in diabetes. New prospect for prevention of diabetic complications? Ceriello A; Giugliano D; Quatraro A; Donzella C; Dipalo G; Lefebvre PJ Diabetes Care 1991 Jan;14(1):68-72 OBJECTIVE: This study evaluated the possibility of inhibiting protein glycosylation in vivo with vitamin E. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: Two groups of […] More

Study: Diabetes Vitamin A, retinol binding protein and lipids in type 1 diabetes mellitus. Baena RM; Campoy C; Bayes R; Blanca E; Fernandez JM; Molina-Font JA Eur J Clin Nutr 2002 Jan;56(1):44-50 OBJECTIVE: A case-control study was conducted to evaluate the effects of type 1 diabetes mellitus (IDDM) on plasma levels of vitamin A (retinol) […] More

Study: Diabetes Relation between homocysteinaemia and diabetic neuropathy in patients with Type 2 diabetes mellitus. Ambrosch A; Dierkes J; Lobmann R; Kuhne W; Konig W; Luley C; Lehnert H Diabet Med 2001 Mar;18(3):185-92 AIMS: Limited data are available on determinants of diabetic neuropathy as its pathogenesis is multifactorial. Since homocysteine exhibits toxic effects on vascular […] More

Study: Diabetes Double-blind, randomised study of the effect of combined treatment with vitamin C and E on albuminuria in Type 2 diabetic patients. Gaede P; Poulsen HE; Parving HH; Pedersen O Diabet Med 2001 Sep;18(9):756-60 AIMS: Elevated levels of urinary albumin excretion rate (AER) predict high risk for progressing to end-stage renal disease. In streptozotocin-induced […] More

Study: Diabetes Effect of modest vitamin E supplementation on blood glycated hemoglobin and triglyceride levels and red cell indices in type I diabetic patients. Jain SK; McVie R; Jaramillo JJ; Palmer M; Smith T J Am Coll Nutr 1996 Oct;15(5):458-61 OBJECTIVE: The glycation of proteins and elevated triglyceride (TG) levels are two of the major […] More

Study: Diabetes Chronic administration of pharmacologic doses of vitamin E improves the cardiac autonomic nervous system in patients with type 2 diabetes. Manzella D; Barbieri M; Ragno E; Paolisso G Am J Clin Nutr 2001 Jun;73(6):1052-7 BACKGROUND: Type 2 diabetes is associated with elevated oxidative stress and declines in antioxidant defense. The disease is also […] More