Limnospira platensis decreases triglycerides

lowersModerate evidenceFindingreplicated ×4

01 · The sentence it was drawn from

“Spirulina supplementation showed a significant lowering effect on plasma triglyceride level and diastolic blood pressure by repeated test for treatment (time × treatment interaction, p<0.05).”

Quoted verbatim from A randomized study to establish the effects of spirulina in type 2 diabetes mellitus patients.

This finding among the 108 findings on its endpoint

Limnospira platensis

Triglycerides

lowers

Who: Korean adults with type 2 diabetes recruited from a diabetes clinic; control group received no intervention and kept usual diet
Dose studied: 8.0 g/day as 40 pills of 0.2 g

Moderate evidencePMID 20016733 · 2008

02 · The study

Study: RCT
Duration: 3 months

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03 · The paper

Nutrition research and practice

A randomized study to establish the effects of spirulina in type 2 diabetes mellitus patients.

2008PMID 20016733doi 10.4162/nrp.2008.2.4.295

What else it reported2 findings · 0 compounds · 2 endpoints

04 · To cite this finding

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