Beet root juice and type two

John sweeting

Member
Messages
6
Type of diabetes
Treatment type
Tablets (oral)
Has anyone used beet root juice as a daily supplement and if so, how was is? I am recently diagnosed and playing around with various things. I am back in the gym and running my little old legs off and have read good things about beet root juice.
 

phoenix

Expert
Messages
5,671
Type of diabetes
Type 1
Treatment type
Pump
What have you heard about it and what do you want it to do?
I did a search on pub med and just 1 trial came up for diabetes and beetroot juice.
One used either 250ml a day for two weeks or a placebo drink for the same amount of time. There were no changes in either insulin sensitivity or endothelial function (ie the condition of the lining of the blood vessels)
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23395779