Folic Acid Supplementation Improves Glycemic Control for Diabetes Prevention and Management: A Systematic Review and Dose-Response Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.

Omid AsbaghiDamoon Ashtary-LarkyReza BagheriSeyedeh Parisa MoosavianHadi Pourmirzaei OlyaeiBehzad NazarianMahnaz Rezaei KelishadiAlexei WongDarren G CandowFrédéric DutheilKatsuhiko SuzukiAmirmansour Alavi Naeini

Published in: Nutrients (2021)

Folic acid supplementation significantly reduces some markers of glycemic control in adults. These reductions were small, which may limit clinical applications for adults with type II diabetes. Further research is necessary to confirm our findings.

Keyphrases

glycemic control
type diabetes
blood glucose
weight loss
insulin resistance
systematic review
metabolic syndrome
skeletal muscle