Ellagic Acid and blood sugar
What 4 graded rows on ellagic acid agree on for blood sugar, and where they differ. Counted side by side, never averaged.
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Ellagic Acid and blood sugar
4 rows · 555 peopleMostly an improvement: 3 of 4 rows, and most of the people. 1 had mixed results.
- CGrade C× 1
- DGrade D× 3
- Rows
- 4
- Trials
- 13
- People
- 555
- Pooled reviews may count some twice
What the rows share
From the rowsThe best-graded row, grade C, is a meta-analysis of 419 people (2024) and reported mixed results.
The rows run from 32 to 419 people, published from 2021 to 2024: 1 pooled review and 3 single studies.
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3 improved · 1 mixed- DGrade DInsulin resistance, lipids and sex hormones in PCOS · Improved
RCT · n 60 · 2021 · Women with polycystic ovary syndrome (Iran)
200 mg/day · 8 weeks
Fasting glucose, insulin, insulin resistance, total and LDL cholesterol, triglycerides, CRP, TNF-α, total testosterone, prolactin and AMH fell versus placebo; antioxidant capacity rose. Body weight did not change.
Row on the Ellagic Acid page · PubMed 34330312 (opens PubMed)
- DGrade DBlood sugar, HbA1c and inflammation in type 2 diabetes · Improved
RCT · n 44 · 2021 · Adults with type 2 diabetes (Iran)
180 mg/day · 8 weeks
Blood sugar, insulin, insulin resistance, HbA1c, total and LDL cholesterol, triglycerides, CRP, TNF-α and IL-6 fell in the ellagic acid group, and antioxidant enzymes rose.
Row on the Ellagic Acid page · PubMed 32909365 (opens PubMed)
- DGrade DMetabolic syndrome components and insulin sensitivity · Improved
RCT · n 32 · 2022 · Adults with metabolic syndrome (Mexico)
500 mg twice daily (1,000 mg/day) · 12 weeks
In the ellagic acid group, waist circumference, systolic blood pressure (118.1 to 113.7 mm Hg), triglycerides (2.8 to 2.1 mmol/L), fasting glucose (6.5 to 5.7 mmol/L) and fasting insulin fell and insulin sensitivity rose; HDL rose in men.
Row on the Ellagic Acid page · PubMed 36233611 (opens PubMed)
- CGrade CBlood sugar, insulin resistance and blood lipids (pooled trials) · Mixed
Meta-analysis, 10 studies · n 419 · 2024 · Adults with type 2 diabetes, PCOS, metabolic syndrome, fatty liver disease, IBS, overweight or cardiovascular risk in 10 randomized trials
Isolated ellagic acid 180–200 mg/day in most of those trials, 500 mg twice daily in one · 4 to 12 weeks
Ellagic acid lowered fasting glucose (p = 0.008), insulin resistance (HOMA-IR, p = 0.003), triglycerides (p = 0.004) and LDL cholesterol (p = 0.0004) and raised insulin secretion; waist, body weight, BMI, 2-hour glucose and HDL did not change.
Row on the Ellagic Acid page · PubMed 38915316 (opens PubMed)