Salacia reticulata and blood sugar
What 4 graded rows on salacia reticulata agree on for blood sugar, and where they differ. Counted side by side, never averaged.
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Salacia reticulata and blood sugar
4 rows · 313 peopleThey agree: all 4 rows found an improvement.
- BGrade B× 1
- CGrade C× 2
- DGrade D× 1
- Rows
- 4
- Trials
- 4
- People
- 313
What the rows share
From the rowsThe best-graded row, grade B, is a crossover trial of 133 people (2023) and found an improvement.
The rows run from 29 to 133 people, published from 2005 to 2026: 4 single studies.
The rows
4 improved- BGrade BHbA1c in type 2 diabetes (biscuit snack) · Improved
Crossover RCT · n 133 · 2023 · Adults with type 2 diabetes in Sri Lanka, mean starting HbA1c about 8.5%
Biscuit taken as a snack (extract amount not stated in the abstract) · 3 months per period, crossover
HbA1c fell 0.25 percentage points more than with a placebo biscuit (8.19% vs 8.46% after each period); no serious kidney or liver adverse effects.
Row on the Salacia reticulata page · PubMed 37885536 (opens PubMed)
- CGrade CFasting and post-meal glucose in prediabetes · Improved
RCT · n 100 · 2026 · Adults with prediabetes (raised fasting and post-meal glucose)
500 mg/day · 12 weeks
Fasting glucose, glucose at 90 and 120 minutes after a glucose drink, glucose areas under the curve and HbA1c fell versus placebo; triglycerides fell and no clinically meaningful safety concerns were seen.
Row on the Salacia reticulata page · PubMed 42663504 (opens PubMed)
- CGrade CHbA1c in type 2 diabetes · Improved
Crossover RCT · n 51 · 2005 · Adults with stable type 2 diabetes on usual treatment
Standard tea preparation · 3 months active, 3 months placebo
HbA1c after the tea was 6.29% versus 6.65% after placebo (p=0.008); glibenclamide doses fell slightly with the tea (p=0.07).
Row on the Salacia reticulata page · PubMed 15707755 (opens PubMed)
- DGrade DFasting glucose and LDL in prediabetes with high lipids · Improved
RCT · n 29 · 2013 · Adults with prediabetes and mild to moderate hyperlipidaemia
500 mg/day · 6 weeks
Root-bark extract lowered LDL and fasting glucose at weeks 3 and 6; leaf extract lowered fasting glucose at week 6 only; no adverse events.
Row on the Salacia reticulata page · PubMed 23767865 (opens PubMed)