date:Nov 26, 2012
Acta, researchers in Argentina found lipoic acid asa treatment may also be used to help fight insulin resistance in diatebes mellitus patients.
M.C. Castroof CENEXA, Centro de Endocrinologa Experimental y Aplicada, UNLP-CONICET LAPLAT A, Centro Colaborador OPS/OMS in La Plata, Argentina and colleagues tested lipoic acid in rats on afructose-rich diet and found that the dietary supplement may help fight diabetes mellitus type 2.
For the study, the researchers kept rats on either a standard diet