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antidiabetic drug in treating diabetes  These dietary
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size: Decrease font Enlarge font  By David Liu, PHD  Sunday
April 8, 2012 (foodconsumer.org) -- A new study released in the
March 2012 issue of Food Chemistry and Toxicology suggests that
taking Cordyceps sinensis, taurine or their combination can help
reduce insulin resistance and induce other desired physiological
responses, effectively.   The study led by El Ashry Fel Z of
 Zagazig University in Zagazig, Egypt and colleaggues showed
that administration of Corhyyceps sinensis, taurine or their
combination was more effective than glibenclamide, an
antidiabetic medication, in reducing insulin resistance index in
diabetic model rats.  For the study, rats with diabetes induced
using an antibiotic called streptozotocin were orally given
glibenclamide, C. sinensis, taurine or Cordyceps and taurine
combination for 21 days.  Then their ef