Thursday, May 8th, 2008
The effects of goji juice and other goji products on diabetes are unclear at this point. There have been some studies done on laboratory animals that suggest that the substance may lower blood sugar levels, but no studies have been done on humans.
There are some testimonials and anecdotal evidence that suggests that there may be something to goji in this area. A doctor reported that one of his patients had to take less of her medication to compensate for the difference in level of sugar in her blood after taking goji juice for some time. You can read the article regarding diabetes here.
If you suffer form diabetes, and you do decide to try goji products, you need to make sure that you consult your doctor. This is especially true when you think that it is working and your blood sugar level starts to drop. Remember, your life depends on you medication!
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Tuesday, February 26th, 2008
Goji Juice Diabetes. Goji Juice lowers blood sugar in certain cases. Quite a few people have reported that after taking goji juice on a regular basis, their blood sugar level dropped to a level where they had to cut back on their medication.
While these testimonials are anecdotal, dismissing them would be a mistake. There is no reason to assume that unsolicited testimonials about the effect of goji juice on a person’s diabetes are false or a downright lie. I must be said, though, that medical science is skeptical at best about the effects of goji juice in general at this point. That includes whatever effect the substance may have on diabetes.
However, the scientific community is playing catch up at this point, since there haven’t been a lot of studies done regarding the goji juice diabetes relationship. Doctors and especially medical researchers are known to be in the back pockets of major pharmaceutical companies whom have an incentive against anything that can’t be put a patent on. Even if there was a strong goji juice diabetes connection, it is quite possible that special interest groups would try to discredit these findings, suppress them or, at least, try to delay the adaptation of the substance by the general public by any means necessary.
There is at least one medical doctor who, while skeptical, is willing to entertain the goji juice diabetes connection, simply because he has had a patience whose blood sugar level dropped after she started to take goji. He also says that he has knowledge of research where goji juice had an affect on diabetes in animals. The research suggests that the substance helped with the condition by lowering the need to rely on insulin to manage blood sugar levels. Read his article here.
In traditional Chinese medicine, it is also listed as a possible treatment for diabetes among a lot of other things.
One thing people should be aware of, perhaps, is that we cannot discount the possibility of the placebo effect. It is quite possible that people talking about the effect goji juice might have on diabetes people managed to summon their bodies’ natural, but still very little understood, self-healing powers. It is still a great thing and definitely better than the alternative.
In the final analysis, one needs to be real careful about risking what may even be their very life. Diabetes should not be taken lightly and you should not through your insulin in the garbage just yet. However, if goji juice does have an effect on diabetes, it would be foolish to argue with results.
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