Kombucha tea in a bottle. Kombucha is useful for lowering blood sugar levels in diabetics.
REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA — Besides having a fresh and appetizing taste, kombucha is also known as a drink with various health benefits. One of these benefits is that it can help manage blood sugar levels people with type 2 diabetes.
Kombucha is a fermented tea with a sour and slightly sweet taste, and has a fizzy-like sensation. Kombucha is made from a mixture of tea, sugar, and symbiotic culture of bacteria and yeast (SCOBY).
consumption benefits kombucha on the management of blood sugar levels was highlighted in a recent study published inFrontiers in Nutrition. This study involved 12 sufferers type 2 diabetes with an average age of 57 years as participants. A total of nine participants were people with type 2 diabetes who underwent insulin therapy.
This study lasted for eight weeks. For the first four weeks, the participants were asked to drink 236 ml of kombucha with ginger flavor every day. Then, for the next four weeks, the participants were given a placebo drink which had no effect whatsoever.
After that, the research team compared the participants’ blood sugar levels in the first four weeks with data from the second four weeks. Study results show that consumption of kombucha can help significantly lower blood sugar levels in people with type 2 diabetes.
The participants in this study had an average fasting blood sugar level of 164 mg/dL when not consuming kombucha. The participants’ average fasting blood sugar levels decreased to 116 mg/dL after they consumed kombucha.
“This is the first clinical trial to examine the effects of kombucha in people with diabetes,” said researcher Dan Merenstein, MD, as reported WebMD on Wednesday (2/8).
The benefits of kombucha in lowering blood sugar levels have also been highlighted in a number of studies in animals and humans who do not have diabetes. These various studies indicate that kombucha has the effect of lowering blood sugar levels.
2023-08-02 17:15:00
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