Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology
Vol. 15 No. 4 (2021): Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology

Effects of Ascorbic Acid on Insulin Resistance in Hyper Insulinemic and Euglycemic Persons

Muntadher H. Dawood (Unknown)
Taha H. Al-Yasiri (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
16 Aug 2021

Abstract

This experiment was conducted in the city of Amara in southern Iraq at Al-Sadr Hospital. The study aimedto evaluate the effect of administering Ascorbic Acid on 50 diabeticpatients who had insulin resistance afterthey were diagnosed clinicallyof 25 patients were treated with Ascorbic acid at dose 500 mg twice a day for12 days and the others 25 were considered as control.The study group demonstrated a significant decrease in the fasting patient’s blood sugar (F.B.S), insulin andfasting blood, and Insulin resistance at the end of 12 weeks (P0.05) as compared to baseline measurements.The reduction in F.B.S, Fasting Insulin, and Insulin resistance was significantly reduced in the ascorbic acidgroup at week 12 of the study relative to the control group (P <0.05).

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