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Panacea Journal of Health Science

Volume 1, paper 4
ISSN : 2278- 4330

250 211.67
196.83
200 179.83

150 122.67 129.33


114.33
100
50 Fasting
0 Post Prandial

FIGURE 1 Fasting and Post prandial blood glucose levels on the 30th day of
supplementation.

The mean values of post prandial blood glucose ,showed significant reduction and the ‘t’
values were 3.196 which was significant at 1% level. The control and experimental group II
showed a ‘t value to be 2.913 which was significant at 5% level. There was no significant
difference between the experimental groups. However there was significant reduction in the
postprandial blood sugar level on comparing with the control groups .A study on the anti-
diabetic property of 25g of fenugreek leaves on insulin dependent diabetics showed that the half
life of plasma glucose shortened due to the increased metabolic clearance and erythrocyte insulin
receptors activation.(Sahay et.al.,1994). (Fig 2)

On comparing the HbA1c values on the 60th day between the control group and
experimental groupI the ‘t’ values showed no significance. whereas the experimental group II
and control groups showed 5 % level of significance with a ‘t ‘value of 2.255.the experimental
groups did not differ significantly .The results shows that experimental group II subjects on
spinach leaves khakra showed a good reduction in the HBA1C values as compared to those who
were on fenugreek leaves supplement. The present study correlates with the study conducted by
Mani et.al 1994 who found lower glycemic response in subjects who were supplemented with
50g of cereal green leafy combination made of fenugreek and spinach leaves (Fig 3)

Conclusion
In conclusion it can be said that green leafy vegetables can be a valuable supplement and
diabetics can derive tremendous benefits by including green leafy vegetable in their daily diet.
The above study reveals that spinach leaves khakra showed good glucose reducing effect when
supplemented for 60 days as seen in the post prandial ad HBA1C values. The fenugreek leaves
also had hypoglycemic effect when compared the control group on the 60th day of
supplementation. Therefore both the supplements are beneficial for diabetics.

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