36
Participants
Start Date
January 19, 2016
Primary Completion Date
October 3, 2016
Study Completion Date
October 31, 2016
Placebo (OGTT)
The control group was given an glucose solution to oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) The glucose solution consist in a glucose drink with 75g of anhydrous D-Glucose dissolved in 200 mL of water at room temperature, as prescribed by ADA. The blood glucose levels were measured before intervention at fasting (t0) and after 30 (t30), 60 (t60, 90 (t90) and 120 (t120) minutes after intervention from both groups.
Cinnamon (OGTT plus aqueous cinnamon extract)
The intervention group was given an glucose solution to OGTT followed by a cinnamon aqueous extract. The glucose solution consist in a glucose drink with 75g of anhydrous D-Glucose dissolved in 200 mL of water at room temperature, as prescribed by ADA. The blood glucose levels were measured before intervention at fasting (t0) and after 30 (t30), 60 (t60, 90 (t90) and 120 (t120) minutes after intervention from both groups.
Egas Moniz - Cooperativa de Ensino Superior, CRL
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