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Study aim
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The effect of Caraway powder consumption on glycemic indices , lipid profile and nesfatin-1 in type 2 diabetic patients
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Design
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Clinical trial with intervention and control group, with parallel groups,double blind, randomized,
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Settings and conduct
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48 patients with type 2 diabetes who referred to Diabetes Clinic of Booali Hospital in Zahedan who were eligible to enter the study will be selected. The samples were randomly assigned to two intervention groups (n=24) and control group (n = 24). The intervention group received 2 grams of caraway powder (2 , 1 gram capsules) per day (1 capsule with lunch and dinner) and placebo control (starch) daily. All Participants in the project thought that they had received intervention and they do not know were in the group receiving the caraway powder or the placebo group.
Also, the medical staff and secretaries that provide the capsules to the patients are unaware of the contents of the capsules.
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Participants/Inclusion and exclusion criteria
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Patients with type 2 diabetes referred to the diabetes clinic of Booali Hospital in Zahedan in 1397
Inclusion criteria:
1.Body mass index 25 to 40
2.People 30 to 65 years old
3. having a fasting blood glucose level of 126 to 250 mg / dL
4.Use of oral hypoglycemic drugs
exclusion criteria:
1.Pregnancy and lactation
2.chronic diseases (hypertension,heart ,kidney and liver diseases, hypothyroidism, systemic infection)
3. Caraway Hypersensitivity
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Intervention groups
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The intervention group received 2 grams of Caraway powder daily, approved by Faculty of Pharmacy, Kerman University of Medical Sciences (2 ,1 gram capsules ) 2 servings per day (1 capsule with lunch and dinner) for 8 weeks, and the control group received 2 grams Starch from Shiraz Momtaz Factory (2, 1 g capsules) in 2 servings per day (1 capsule with lunch and dinner) for 8 weeks.
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Main outcome variables
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nesfatin-1; Fasting blood sugar; Lipid profile