Glycemic Control / Insulin Sensitivity
Summary of Glycemic Control / Insulin Sensitivity
Primary Information, Benefits, Effects, and Important Facts
Scientific Information on Glycemic Control / Insulin Sensitivity
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Human Effect Matrix
The Human Effect Matrix looks at human studies (it excludes animal and in vitro studies) to tell you what supplements affect glycemic control / insulin sensitivity
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Robust research conducted with repeated double-blind clinical trials |
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Multiple studies where at least two are double-blind and placebo controlled |
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Single double-blind study or multiple cohort studies |
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Uncontrolled or observational studies only |
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Level of Evidence
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The amount of high quality evidence. The more
evidence, the more we can trust the results.
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Outcome |
Magnitude of effect
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The direction and size of the supplement's impact on
each outcome. Some supplements can have an increasing effect, others have a decreasing effect, and others have no effect.
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Consistency of research results
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Scientific research does not always agree. HIGH or
VERY HIGH means that most of the scientific research agrees.
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High See all 10 studies |
Calculations based on glucose and insulin such as HOMA and QUICKI suggest an improvement in insulin sensitivity on ketogenic diets, even independently of weight loss. One study used a euglycemia hyperinsulinemia clamp and found an improvement in insulin sensitivity, but it was confounded by weight loss.
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- | Moderate See all 11 studies |
An effect is possible in type 2 diabetics but studies are not generally supportive.
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- | Moderate See 2 studies |
One study found a modest improvement only in the 15 ml group and not the 30 ml group, while another didn't note an effect. Much more research is needed to assess the effects of apple cider vinegar, and particularly independently of weight loss.
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