By continuous intake of the microalgae Euglena
Confirmed research results suggesting suppression of blood sugar elevation

Euglena Co., Ltd.

　Euglena Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo, President: Mitsuru Izumo) has confirmed research results suggesting that continuous ingestion of Euglena I will inform you.

　Diabetes is one of the modern diseases in which the blood sugar (butou sugar) in the blood is high because the nutrients taken into the body cannot be metabolized normally due to the decrease in the action of insulin, which is a kind of hormone. .. If the high blood sugar level continues for a long time, complications such as diabetic nephropathy and diabetic retinopathy are more likely to occur. Therefore, by suppressing the rise in blood sugar level, new complications can be prevented and also , You can control the progression of complications that have occurred.

　In this experiment, model rats with diabetes were Euglena powder and paramylon * 1 powder for 10 weeks, and a glucose tolerance test * 2 was performed to measure the AUC * 3 of blood glucose level. As a result, Euglena powder had a significantly reduced AUC than the rats that received the normal food alone.

　These research results were published in the online version of Food & Function * 4 on October 24, 2016.
　Going forward, we will continue to carry out research and development with the aim of utilizing the Euglena
　The details are as follows.

About experiments on alleviation of diabetic symptoms

■ Research content
　We compared the AUC of diabetic model rats with diabetic model rats that were fed with Euglena As a result, a significant decrease in AUC was confirmed in the rats fed with food containing Euglena

■ Consideration
　It was suggested that continuous intake of Euglena powder suppresses the rise in blood glucose level, which is one of the symptoms of diabetes, and may have the effect of preventing diabetes and diabetic complications and alleviating the symptoms.

　* 1 Paramylon: Euglena, in which glucose molecules are linearly polymerized by β-1,3-bonds.
　* 2 Glycemic load test: A test that measures and compares how the blood glucose level changes as a result of ingesting a certain amount of glucose along with the fasting blood glucose level.
　* 3 AUC: Area Under the blood concentration-time Curve This is the area value under the blood concentration time, and is the total blood glucose level within the target time.
　* 4 Food & Function: A British academic journal focusing on health-related foods and their functions.

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