Role of Green Tea on Obesity and Type-II Diabetes Mellitus Male Individuals
Tazeen Shah
Department of Physiology, Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences, Jamshoro, (LUMHS) Sindh, Pakistan.
Saira Dars
Senior registrar, Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences, Jamshoro, (LUMHS) Sindh, Pakistan.
Saima Ashfaque Sheikh
Department of Physiology, Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences, Jamshoro, (LUMHS) Sindh, Pakistan.
Farheen Shaikh
Department of Biochemistry, People’s University of Medical and Health Sciences for Women, (PUMHSW), Shaheed Benazir Abad, Sindh, Pakistan.
Shafaq Ansari
Department of Physiology, Muhammad Medical College, Mirpurkhas Sindh, Pakistan.
Naheed Akhtar
FCPS Trainee, Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences, Jamshoro, (LUMHS) Sindh, Pakistan.
Arslan Ahmer *
Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, People’s University of Medical and Health Sciences for Women (PUMHSW), Nawabshah, Sindh, Pakistan.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Objective: To evaluate the effects of Green tea on obesity and hyperglycemia.
Methodology: This observational study was carried out at the department of physiology, in affiliation to Medical Research Centre Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences Jamshoro. The sample was collected by convenient random sampling. Total 100 participants, 50 controls and 50 obese diabetics were enrolled. Informed written consent was taken from participants. The body mass index (BMI) of the participants was taken at the time of recruitment, and later at 16 weeks of consuming green tea. The serum glucose levels were assessed by fasting (FBS) and random blood sugar (RBS) levels, and HbA1C. The levels of serum Blood glucose were obtained with the glucose oxidase method. Data analysis was done on SPSS 21.0, analysis of variables was done by applying student t-test, the p-value of <0.05 was taken as statistically significant.
Results:100 participants recruited out of which 50 controls and 50 obese diabetics men, it was found that the prolong consumption of green tea for 16 weeks with 20-30 minutes’ walk had statistically significant declined in FBS, RBS, HbA1c, and BMI in the obese diabetic subjects, as compared to the controls.
Conclusion: This study concludes that the green tea has positive effect in reducing the total body weight and BMI and helps in maintaining the normoglycemic levels in Type 2 DM.
Keywords: Diabetes mellitus, green tea, obesity