Blood Sugar

New study results suggest Sabinsa's Curcumin C3 Complex combined with BioPerine may offer antioxidant benefits in patients with type II diabetes.

Last year, the EU Commission authorized a new Article 13.5 health claim stating that when non-digestible carbohydrates are used as sugar replacers, these ingredients can induce a lower postprandial blood glucose rise compared to food and drinks containing sugar.

Foods and beverages, including bakery, nutrition bar, and cereal and pasta products, can now use the claim.

Frutarom Health’s Portusana was found to induce translocation of glucose transporter protein type 4, which may help decrease elevated blood glucose levels in diabetes patients.

Non-digestible carbohydrates like Nexira’s Fibregum acacia gum have been granted a new health claim from EFSA that says they induce a lower blood-glucose rise than sugars.

New study results suggest Verdure Sciences’ Pomella pomegranate extract may improve cardiovascular-health markers in patients with myocardial infarction.

Though these lesser-known botanicals haven’t achieved widespread global use yet, their moment could be just around the corner.

Superstar minerals often overshadow zinc, but here’s why you shouldn’t underestimate this crucial nutrient.

Beneo’s Orafti Synergy1 oligofructose-enriched inulin was found to lower energy intake and enhance weight loss in subjects with prediabetes.

Nutritional ingredients and integrated approaches are under the microscope as the world searches for much needed strategies for managing blood sugar.

Promising early research on astaxanthin looks toward a slew of new health areas.

The seemingly endless relationship between bacteria and good health hints at just how limitless a future probiotic market could be.

Frutarom’s Portusana purslane extract was found to significantly reduce systolic blood pressure and HbA1c, a marker of blood glucose control, in a new human clinical trial.

The newly authorized claim says replacing sugars with inulin “induces a lower blood glucose rise after their consumption compared to sugar-containing foods/drinks.”

Participants consuming Coleus forskohlii extract for 12 weeks showed favorable improvements to insulin concentration and insulin resistance compared to a placebo group.

While OmniLean provides weight-loss benefits, OmniActive Health says it is not calling this a weight-management ingredient.

Researchers observed improvements to metabolism, blood sugar, and appetite control after just three days of participants consuming bread made from barley kernels.

Researchers found Kamut khorasan wheat produced significant improvements to key blood markers in type 2 diabetes patients.

Steviva says the “single-location sourcing ensures dependable, consistent flavor” of its new BraziliaSweet RA95 and BraziliaSweet 95–60 stevia extracts.

Researchers at UCLA found PrecticX may modify gut microbiota in both healthy and over-weight populations.

Chr. Hansen intends to develop an advanced formulation of Caelus Health's CP-001 probiotic strain for upcoming phase II clinical studies.

Move over, magnesium! Here comes zinc.

After tantalizing us with promises of less bitter or more scalable steviol glycosides, key stevia suppliers are now taking those glycosides commercial.

One new recommendation is turning heads: a specific limit on added-sugar consumption.