Vitamin C helps stop diabetes damage
Researchers have found a link between taking vitamin C with insulin and stopping blood vessel
damage caused by type 1 diabetes.
While neither therapy produced desired results when used alone, the combination of insulin to control blood sugar together with the use of Vitamin C, stopped blood vessel damage caused by the disease in patients with poor glucose control, said researchers.
The findings appear this week in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism.
“We had tested this theory on research models, but this is the first time anyone has shown the therapy’s effectiveness in people,”
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