A recent study confirmed that the grapefruit helps weight loss, and protect against diabetes.
The researchers pointed out that the article "Naringenan" antioxidant found in abundance in grapefruit, granted by the bitter taste, is able to do perform the same action that exerted by the drugs used in the treatment of diabetes mellitus type II.
Diabetes usually occur when the body becomes unable to produce an enough amount of the insulin hormone to regulate the rates of sugar in the blood ( blood glucose ) and the "Naringenan" is found to help in increasing the sensitivity of the body to insulin. Also help people with diabetes to maintain a healthy weight which is essential in the treatment of this disease , as provided for under the "Al-Ahram newspaper."
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In this context, the scientists found that the "Naringenan" makes the liver burn fat instead of storing and they added that its influence has the same effect as the 2 drugs "Fenofibrate " and "Rosiglitazone " which are used to control diabetes mellitus type II.
لمشاهدة الموضوع باللغة العربية انقر الرابط:
http://medicine-ar.blogspot.com/2011/10/blog-post_3347.html
