Effectiveness of a Food Supplement Based on Glucomannan, D-Chiro-Inositol, Cinnamomum zeylanicum Blume and Inulin in Patients with Metabolic Syndrome

• Published in: Nutrients Vol. 16; no. 2; p. 249
• Main Authors: Citarrella, Roberto, Chianetta, Roberta, Amodeo, Simona, Mirarchi, Luigi, Licata, Anna, Soresi, Maurizio, Veronese, Nicola, Barbagallo, Mario, Giannitrapani, Lydia
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 12.01.2024; MDPI
• Subjects: adiposity; Antidiabetics; blood lipids; blood serum; Body mass index; Body Weight; Cholesterol; Cinnamomum verum; Cinnamomum zeylanicum; Diabetes; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2; Diet; Dietary Supplements; Drug therapy; FDA approval; Functional foods & nutraceuticals; Generalized linear models; glucomannans; Glucose; glucose tolerance; Humans; hyperlipidemia; hypertension; Inositol; insulin; Insulin Resistance; Inulin; Lifestyles; lipid composition; Lipids; Mannans; Metabolic syndrome; Metabolic Syndrome - drug therapy; Metformin; myo-inositol; Nutrition research; Obesity; Patients; people; risk; Signal transduction; therapeutics; Triglycerides; waist circumference; Weight control; inulin; metabolic syndrome; T2DM; Cinnamomum zeylanicum blume; D-chiro-inositol; glucomannan

Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is associated with cardiovascular risk factors, such as insulin resistance, dyslipidaemia, hypertension and abdominal obesity. Given the growing need to investigate food supplements with positive health effects, this study was aimed at testing the benefits of a specific sup...