Anti-diabetic Facts: Oleuropein in Olive stimulates Insulin production
Anti-diabetic Facts: Oleuropein in Olive stimulates Insulin production
By: Arlene Gentallan
Here's a good reason to add olive oil in your diet.
A research led by Bin Xu, Ph.D found an important compound in olive that's key in it's anti-diabetic property. Oleuropein in olive leaves stimulates the beta cells of pancreas to produce insulin. Our body needs insulin to transport glucose into cells which in turn will be used as an energy source. This in turn, will lower blood sugar level.
Here's another advantage of olive that works in the prevention of type 2 diabetes mellitus. Did you know that amylin amyloids (protein aggregates) can build up in your pancreas with damaging consequence to insulin-producing beta cells. Oleuropein inhibits amylin amyloids deposition in the pancreas.
Facts:
The beta cells of the islets of Langerhans of the pancreas procude and store insulin.
Resources:
Bin Xu, Ling Wu, Paul Velander, Dongmin Liu. Olive component oleuropein promotes ß-cell insulin secretion and protects ß-cells from amylin amyloid induced cytotoxicity. Biochemistry, 2017, 56 (38), pp 5035–5039; DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.7b00199.
By: Arlene Gentallan
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| Anti-diabetic Facts: Oleuropein in Olive stimulates Insulin production |
Here's a good reason to add olive oil in your diet.
A research led by Bin Xu, Ph.D found an important compound in olive that's key in it's anti-diabetic property. Oleuropein in olive leaves stimulates the beta cells of pancreas to produce insulin. Our body needs insulin to transport glucose into cells which in turn will be used as an energy source. This in turn, will lower blood sugar level.
Here's another advantage of olive that works in the prevention of type 2 diabetes mellitus. Did you know that amylin amyloids (protein aggregates) can build up in your pancreas with damaging consequence to insulin-producing beta cells. Oleuropein inhibits amylin amyloids deposition in the pancreas.
Facts:
The beta cells of the islets of Langerhans of the pancreas procude and store insulin.
Resources:
Bin Xu, Ling Wu, Paul Velander, Dongmin Liu. Olive component oleuropein promotes ß-cell insulin secretion and protects ß-cells from amylin amyloid induced cytotoxicity. Biochemistry, 2017, 56 (38), pp 5035–5039; DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.7b00199.
