Vitamin E improves the action of insulin.
Vitamin E supplementation for four months produced a significant improvement in glucose utilization and hepatic response to insulin in normal and diabetic subjects.
Caballero
B
B
Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205.
D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D007328:Insulin / Q000378:metabolism*; D008099:Liver / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D014810:Vitamin E / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use
D007328:Insulin; D014810:Vitamin E