Flow-juomissa olevat magnesium, vihreä tee ja Pycnogenol® auttavat tasoittamaan sokeriaineenvaihduntaa ja pitämään veren sokerin tasaisena. Siksi juoma sopii hyvin myös diabeetikoille.
Lähteet:
1. Oral magnesium supplementatioin imporves insulin sensitivity in non-diabetic subjects with insulin resistance. A double-blind placebo-controlled randomized trial. Guerreo-Romero R, Tamez-Perez HE, Gonzalez-Gonzalea G, Salinas-Martinez AM, Montes-Villareal J, Trevino-Ortiz JH, Rodrigues-Moran M. Diabetes Metab. 2004 June;30(3):253-8.
2. Effect of green tea on blood glucose levels and serum proteomic patterns in diabetic (db/db) mice and on glucose metabolism in healthy humans. Tsuneki H, Ishizuka M, Terasawa M, Wu JB, Sasaoka T, Kimura I. BMC Pharmacol 2004 Aug 26;4:18
3. French maritime pine bark extract Pycnogenol® lowers dose-dependently glucose in diabetes type II patients. Liu X, Zhou H-J, Rohdewald P (2004). Diabetes Care, 27(3):839.
4. Effect of Pycnogenol treatment on oxidative stress in streptozoitin-induced diabetic rats. Maritim A, Dene BA,Sanders RA, Watkins JB. (2003) J Biochem Mol Toxicol, 17:193-199
5. Inhibitory effect of Pycnogenol on generation of advanced glycation end products in vitro. Zhan TM, Han CH, Han YW, Gong H, Zhan EY, Zhang Y. (2003) Chinese Pharmacological Bulletin, 19:437-440.
6. Pycnogenol® for diabetic retinopathy: A review. Schönlau F, Rohdewald P (2002) International Ophthalmology, 24:161-171.)
