Cranberries offer promise for diabetics: Study By Stephen Daniells

Cranberries offer promise for diabetics: Study By Stephen Daniells, 20-Jul-2009
Sweetened dried cranberries with a reduced sugar and increased fibre content may benefit type-2 diabetics by delivering healthier glycemic and insulin responses, suggests a small study. Consumption of the low-sugar high-fibre sweetened dried cranberries led to better glucose peaks and lower insulin peaks, with a peak insulin of 15, compared to 22 for both bread and sweetened cranberries, while raw cranberries produced a peak of 10. Furthermore, blood sugar levels peaked at 158 minutes, compared to 175 minutes for both the bread and sweetened cranberries, and 127 minutes for raw cranberries.

The findings of the study, which involved only 13 diabetics, were reported earlier this year at the Experimental Biology conference by Ted Wilson from Winona State University. The meeting's abstracts are published in the FASEB Journal. The study was funded by cranberry giants Ocean Spray using the company's new low-sugar sweetened cranberries, Christina Khoo, PhD, Ocean Spray's research sciences manager told NutraIngredients. com that the researchers are preparing a full paper for submission to a peer-reviewed journal. NutraIngredients. com has not seen the full data...read more