In Iquitos, Peru, they are using a mixture of plants
taken as a tea, three times day. In 24 hours the sugar
levels are normal. Taken with a low carb diet and no
sugar, after 8 weeks they no longer need to drink the
tea and can eat a normal diet. The diabetes II goes
into remission for years and perhaps forever.

On Sat, 06 Mar 2004 03:07:35 -0000, "Drew DUBLER" wrote:





NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The results of a clinical
trial confirm
the beneficial effects of Caiapo, an extract of white
sweet potatoes,
on blood sugar and cholesterol levels in type 2
diabetic subjects.

The authors of a report published in the journal
Diabetes Care
explain that Caiapo is commercialized in Japan as a
dietary
supplement used to help prevent and control type 2
diabetes. It is
derived from a variety of sweet white potato that grows
in
mountainous regions.

Dr. Bernhard Ludvik, of the University of Vienna
Medical School, in
Austria, and colleagues examined the tolerability,
effectiveness and
mode of action of Caiapo on metabolic control in 61
patients with
type 2 diabetes. The subjects were randomly assigned to
receive 4
grams of Caiapo or a placebo, each given once daily for
12 weeks.

The researchers report that levels of hemoglobin A-1c
(HbA1c), used
to measure excess blood sugar, decreased significantly
from 7.21
percent to 6.68 percent after treatment with Caiapo. In
the placebo-
treated patients, HbA1c remained unchanged.

Decreases in fasting blood sugar levels (from 143.7 to
128.5
milligram per deciliter) were observed in
Caiapo-treated patients,
while no significant change was observed in those who
received
placebo.

On glucose tolerance testing, patients in the Caiapo
group also had
significantly decreased 2-hour glucose levels compared
with the
placebo patients.

"At the end of the treatment period, cholesterol levels
in the Caiapo
group were lower than those in the placebo group,"
Ludvik and
colleagues report.

No significant adverse events were observed with
Caiapo.

"Thus," they conclude, "the nutriceutical Caiapo seems
to be a useful
agent in the management of type 2 diabetes."

SOURCE: Diabetes Care, February 2004.











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