Effects of Three Months of Honey Supplementation on Quality of Life and Neuropathy in Type 2 Diabetic Patients.

Context: Diabetic neuropathy, a common debilitating complication of type 2 diabetes, can occur despite adequate treatment. To date, no studies have occurred on the use alternative medicine as an adjunct therapy for treating diabetic neuropathy.

Objective: The study assessed the effects of three months of honey supplementation on insulin resistance, lipid profiles, oxidant status, nerve conduction, and QOL in patients with diabetic neuropathy.

Effect of honey and insulin treatment on oxidative stress and nerve conduction in an experimental model of diabetic neuropathy Wistar rats.

Diabetic neuropathy is the most common complication affecting more than 50% of patients with longstanding diabetes. Till date, there are no reports to explain the scientific basis of alternative medicine as an adjunct therapy for treating diabetic neuropathy. Hence, we studied the effect of honey and insulin treatment on hyperglycemia, dyslipidemia, oxidant and anti-oxidant status and nerve conduction in experimental diabetic neuropathy Wistar rats.

Decreased baroreflex sensitivity is linked to the atherogenic index, retrograde inflammation, and oxidative stress in subclinical hypothyroidism.

Unlabelled: Purpose/aim of the study: The present study investigated the link of hyperlipidemia, inflammation and oxidative stress (OS) to cardiovascular (CV) risks in subclinical hypothyroidism (SCH).

Materials And Methods: We enrolled 81 subclinical hypothyroid patients and 80 healthy subjects as control. Their CV and autonomic functions were assessed by spectral analysis of heart rate variability (HRV), continuous blood pressure variability (BPV) measurement and conventional autonomic function testing.

Prehypertension status, cardiometabolic risks, and decreased baroreflex sensitivity are linked to sympathovagal imbalance in salt-preferring individuals.

Salt preference has been reported to cause sympathovagal imbalance (SVI) and prehypertension. We investigated the role of inflammation, insulin resistance (IR), hyperlipidemia, and oxidative stress (OS) in genesis of SVI and cardiovascular (CV) risks in salt-preferring prehypertensives. The subjects were divided into no-salt-preferring (NSP, n = 87) and salt-preferring (SP, n = 89) group based on their preference for salted food.