Volume : 7, Issue : 1, January - 2018

TO EVAUATE THE EFFECT OF GINGER (ZINGIBER OFFICINALE) ON BODY MASS INDEX AND STATUS OF C-REACTIVE PROTEIN IN DIABETES MELLITUS

Bharti Maan, Abhishek Acharya

Abstract :

<p>&nbsp;</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:normal;tab-stops:72.75pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;color:black;&#10;mso-themecolor:text1;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">Diabetes mellitus</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;color:black;&#10;mso-themecolor:text1"> (<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">DM</span>) commonly referred to as <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">diabetes</span>, is a group of metabolic diseases in which there are high blood sugar levels over a prolonged period. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">C-reactive protein (CRP), is a marker of systemic inflammation, is emerging as an independent risk factor for cardiovascular disease<span style="color:black;&#10;mso-themecolor:text1">. </span>Previous study showed that serum CRP levels are elevated in patients with impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) or diabetes<span style="color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">. Aim of present study was to see the effect of Ginger (Zingiber officinale)</span> on body mass index and status of C- Reactive Protein in Diabetes Mellitus<span style="color:black;mso-themecolor:&#10;text1">. Selected patients were divided randomly in two groups each comprised treatment and served as the control group. GROUP I- These patients were taken conventional treatment and served as the control group. GROUP II- Patients besides conventional treatment were given Zingiber officinale(Ginger) powder and served as the study group. </span>Our study reflects that ginger therapy had shown significant effect on C-Reactive protein (P&lt;0.05) <span style="color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">in study group after Ginger powder supplementation. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>