[The use of drinking mineral waters and the fiber-enriched diet for the treatment of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus].

Abstract

This study included 160 patients (mean age 53.4 +/- 1.32 years) with type 2 diabetes mellitus of whom 99 (61.8%) had adequately compensated metabolic disorders and the remaining ones suffered uncompensated disease. All the patients were allocated to 4 groups differing in terms of dietary therapy (two treatment and two control groups). It was shown that treatment with the high-fiber diet (46-55 g/day) in combination with mineral water markedly accelerated normalization of blood glucose level and lipid metabolism, reduction of body weight and arterial pressure; moreover, it improved general efficiency of therapy.

• Authors: L A Botvineva, E N Nikitin, L N Mel'nikova, E A Akaeva
• Journal: Voprosy kurortologii, fizioterapii, i lechebnoi fizicheskoi kultury (Vopr Kurortol Fizioter Lech Fiz Kult) 2010 Mar-Apr Issue 2 Pg. 13-6 ISSN: 0042-8787 [Print] Russia (Federation)
• PMID: 21089210 (Publication Type: Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Blood Glucose
• Dietary Fiber
• Mineral Waters

Topics

• Blood Glucose (metabolism)
• Blood Pressure (drug effects)
• Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 (blood, diet therapy, pathology, physiopathology)
• Dietary Fiber (administration & dosage)
• Female
• Humans
• Lipid Metabolism (drug effects)
• Male
• Middle Aged
• Mineral Waters (administration & dosage)
• Weight Loss (drug effects)