ArticleJournal of diabetes and metabolic disorders2014
Effect of honey in diabetes mellitus: matters arising.
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- An ethnozoological study of traditional medicinal animals and their products from Wolaita, Southern Ethiopia.Heliyon · 2023Article
- Traditional Uses of Animals in the Himalayan Region of Azad Jammu and Kashmir.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2022Article
- Potential of honey against the onset of autoimmune diabetes and its associated nephropathy, pancreatitis, and retinopathy in type 1 diabetic animal model.Open life sciences · 2022Article
- Awareness of diabetes risk factors among Bisha Residents Southwestern Saudi Arabia.Journal of family medicine and primary care · 2021Article
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- Effect of long-term feeding of the Obudu natural honey and table sugar-sweetened diets on obesity and pro-inflammatory biomarkers in rats.BMC nutrition · 2020Article
- Honey as a Potential Natural Antioxidant Medicine: An Insight into Its Molecular Mechanisms of Action.Oxidative medicine and cellular longevity · 2018Review
- A Descriptive Review of the Prevalence and Usage of Traditional and Complementary Medicine among Saudi Diabetic Patients.Scientifica · 2018Review
- Does honey have any salutary effect against streptozotocin - induced diabetes in rats?Journal of diabetes and metabolic disorders · 2017Article
- Honey as a Complementary Medicine.Integrative medicine insights · 2017Review
- Effect of polysaccharide from Bacillus subtilis sp. on cardiovascular diseases and atherogenic indices in diabetic rats.BMC complementary and alternative medicine · 2016Article
- Nigerian Honey Ameliorates Hyperglycemia and Dyslipidemia in Alloxan-Induced Diabetic Rats.Nutrients · 2016Article
- Management of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus by Traditional Medicine Practitioners in Kenya--Key Informant Interviews.The Pan African medical journal · 2015Article
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Abstract
Diabetes mellitus remains an incurable disorder in spite of intense research. As result of limitations and unmet goals associated with the use of anti-diabetic drugs, an increased number of diabetic populations globally now resort to complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) such as herbs and other natural products. There has been a renewed interest in the use of honey in the treatment of diabetes mellitus, partly due to an increase in the availability of evidence-based data demonstrating its benefits in diabetic rodents and patients. This commentary aims to underscore some of the research implications, issues and questions raised from these studies which show the beneficial effects of honey in the treatment of diabetes mellitus. Some of the issues highlighted in this article include: considering honey is sweet and rich in sugars, how could it be beneficial in the management of diabetes mellitus? Are the observed effects of honey or combined with anti-diabetic drugs exclusive to certain honey such as tualang honey? Could these beneficial effects be reproduced with other honey samples? Anti-diabetic drugs in combination with honey improve glycemic control, enhance antioxidant defenses and reduce oxidative damage. These effects are believed to be mediated partly via antioxidant mechanism of honey. This raises another question. Could similar data be obtained if anti-diabetic drugs are co-administered with other potent antioxidants such as vitamin C or E? As the evidence has revealed, the prospect of managing diabetes mellitus with honey or antioxidants (such as vitamin C or E) as an adjunct to conventional diabetes therapy is vast. However, more well-designed, rigorously conducted randomized controlled studies are necessary to further validate these findings.
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