Compositions for delaying progression of diabetes using Salacia oblonga extract

摘要

Disclosed are nutritional compositions and methods for delaying the onset or progression of type 2 diabetes in a subject. The methods include administering to a glucose intolerant or diabetic subject a nutritional composition comprising an effective amount of a Salacia oblonga extract for increasing the incretin effect (and/or the glucagon-like peptide-1 and/or gastric inhibitory peptide activity) in the subject. The Salacia oblonga extract may also act to reduce the secretion of glucagon by the pancreas thus decreasing the glucose level in the bloodstream of the subject.