Limnospira platensis has no detected effect on fasting blood glucose

no difference foundModerate evidenceFindingreplicated ×2

01 · The sentence it was drawn from

“In terms of glycemic profile, there were no significant differences in FBS, insulin, and QUICKI between the Spirulina sauce and placebo groups, while HOMA‐IR was significantly different between groups (p =.04) (Table 3).”

Quoted verbatim from The effect of Spirulina sauce, as a functional food, on cardiometabolic risk factors, oxidative stress biomarkers, glycemic profile, and liver enzymes in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease patients: A randomized double-blinded clinical trial.

This finding among the 111 findings on its endpoint

Limnospira platensis

Fasting blood glucose

no difference found

Who: Adults aged 18-70 with ultrasound-diagnosed NAFLD; spirulina sauce versus placebo sauce, same fat, carbohydrate and salt, placebo coloured with chlorophyll E-141
Dose studied: 2 g Spirulina per day in one sauce sachet, 8 consecutive weeks

Moderate evidencePMID 35154670 · 2022

02 · The study

Study: RCT
Duration: 8 weeks

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03 · The paper

Food science & nutrition

The effect of Spirulina sauce, as a functional food, on cardiometabolic risk factors, oxidative stress biomarkers, glycemic profile, and liver enzymes in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease patients: A randomized double-blinded clinical trial.

2022PMID 35154670doi 10.1002/fsn3.2368

What else it reported3 findings · 0 compounds · 3 endpoints

04 · To cite this finding

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