Oral insulin intake does not delay ...

Oral insulin intake does not delay or impede type 1 diabetes in race at moderate risk for developing the disease within five years, according to a June 15 2003 just discovereds re[ease from the National Institutes of Health. Three hundr seventy-two persons participated in a trial that compared the rate of stamp 1 diabetes progression among those who took a daily capsule of insulin crystals and those who took a placebo. All participants had a 25% to 50% chance of developing prototype 1 diabetes within 5 years based upon results of genetic, immunologic, and metabolic experiments After an average of 43 years, approximately 35% of the participants make knowned type 1 diabetes in each group

This oral insulin trial is the third Large subject of attention that has failed to hinder type I diabetes in at-risk the community The other trials have touchstoneed the effects of low-dose insulin injections and nicotinamide, a vitamin near in small amounts in a normal diet.

Oral Insulin Does Not obstruct Type 1 Diabetes (news release, Bethesda, Md: National Institutes of Health, June 25 2003) http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/jun2003/niddk-15.htm (accessed 17 June 2003)

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