Author/Authors :
kazemeini, kazem shahid sadoughi university of medical sciences - faculty of iranian traditional medicine - department of traditional medicine, ايران , emtiazy, majid shahid sadoughi university of medical sciences - faculty of iranian traditional medicine - department of traditional medicine, ايران , mosavat, hamdollah shiraz university of medical sciences - research center for traditional medicine and history of medicine, ايران , rahmanian, masoud shahid sadoughi university of medical sciences - diabetes research center, ايران , lotfi, mohammad hasan shahid sadoughi university of medical sciences, ايران , owlia, fatemeh shahid sadoughi university of medical sciences - department of oral medicine, ايران , khivah, ali shahid sadoughi university of medical sciences - faculty of iranian traditional medicine - department of traditional medicine, ايران
Abstract :
Background: Diabetes mellitus (DM) is one of the most common chronic diseases in the world. There are several therapeutic strategies that are obtainable in the viewpoint of Traditional Persian Medicine (TPM) knowledge ranging from changes in lifestyle to pharmacological remedies. Objective: To evaluate the effect of the TPM based nutritional recommendations on blood glucose and lipid profile in patients with type 2 DM. Materials and Methods: In this randomized controlled clinical trial, we divided 54 participants with type 2 DM into two groups. The intervention group received a three months TPM based nutritional style, and the control group had the routine care from their health care providers. The fasting blood glucose and glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c) as primary outcome measures and triglyceride and total cholesterol as secondary outcome measures were determined for this study at the baseline and three months after the intervention in both groups. Results: There was a statistically significant reduction in fasting blood glucose (165.48±30.18 versus 203.92±42.66 p=0.001), HbA1c (7.57±0.51 versus 8.05±0.82 p=0.000), triglyceride (154.91±50.52 versus 197.40±71.87 p=0.000), and total cholesterol (167.79±28.87 versus 184.76±38.36 p=0.006) respectively in the intervention group compared to control group after study. Conclusion: TPM based nutritional recommendations as an affordable free and accessible approach could be introduced as a nonpharmacological strategy for the control of blood glucose and lipid profile in diabetic patients.
Keywords :
diabetes mellitus , lifestyle , Traditional Persian Medicine , clinical trial
