Treatment of diabetes by administration of myo-inositol
OwnerBarbara C. Hansen, Harry L. Greene +1inventors
InventorsBarbara C. Hansen, Harry L. Greene, Heidi K. Ortmeyer
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Abstract
Method for lowering the plasma glucose levels of diabetics by administering myo-inositol. Also the invention concerns a nutritional composition containing myo-inositol.
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A method for treating diabetes in a human subject comprising orally administering to said subject a human nutritional composition comprising protein, lipid and carbohydrate in combination with an effective plasma glucose lowering amount of myo-inositol of about 0.05 to about 5 g per kg of total body mass per day.
A nutritional composition comprising protein, lipid, carbohydrate and an effective plasma glucose lowering amount of myo-inositol of about 0.25 to 25 g per 100 cal of total composition.
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