Potential Effects of Nichi Glucan as a Food Supplement for Diabetes Mellitus and Hyperlipidemia: Preliminary Findings from the Study on Three Patients from India

Table 1

Characteristics of patients and study parameters of relevance before and after food supplementation with Nichi Glucan.

Characteristics	Patient I		Patient II		Patient III
Age	46		60		63
Sex	M		F		F
BMI	24.2		26.6		26.1
Number of years with; Type II diabetes	10		1		1
Parameters	Baseline	At the end of the study	Baseline	At the end of the study	Baseline	At the end of the study
HbA1c (%)	9.1	7.8	7.2	5.9	9.8	5.6
Fasting blood glucose level (mg/dL)	171	106	114	103	129	85
Post prandial blood glucose level (mg/dL)	244	203	192	111	252	118
Total serum cholesterol (mmol/L)	7.3	4.31	7.65	5.09	4.008	3.38
LDL (mmol/L)	4.6	2.48	5.81	3.33	2.56	1.42
HDL (mmol/L)	1.008	1.29	0.98	1.11	0.9	1.29
Triglycerides (mmol/L)	3.29	1.17	1.84	1.38	1.18	0.62