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Lead
National University of Natural Medicine
Age
18–75
Sex
ALL
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted
You may be eligible if
Community-dwelling adults ≥18 and ≤ 75 years of age.
Have an existing diagnosis of type 2 diabetes without known complications; i.e. eye damage (retinopathy), nerve damage (diabetic peripheral neuropathy), kidney damage (diabetic kidney disease), or heart damage (recent myocardial infarction or severe congestive heart failure).
Must be on a stable dose (i.e. consistent dose for three months or greater) of all medications.
Must be on a stable dose of dietary supplements for one month prior to enrollment.
Have a serum hemoglobin A1c between 7% and 9.5%.
Able to communicate via email, fill out a computer-administered questionnaire, and to read and write in English.
Willing to have blood drawn at 3 separate time points.
Willing to take an herbal supplement three times a day, daily, for 12 weeks.
Willing to abstain from new anti-diabetic therapies, vitamins, minerals, dietary supplements, and lipid-lowering agents for 12 weeks.
Willing and able to follow the study protocol and attend study visits.
Approved to be eligible for study participation at the discretion of the Principal Investigators, after review of the Formal Eligibility Screen results.
You may not be if
Allergy to any ingredient found in the study product (Mormordica charantia (fruit), Gymnema sylvestre (leaf), Trigonella foenum-Graecum (seed), Curcuma longa (rhizome), Phyllanthus embilica officinalis (fruit), Swertia chiraytia (leaf), Syzgium Cumini (seed), Neopicrorhiza Picrorhiza/Scrophulariiflora Kurroa (root), Cinnamoum verum/zeylanicum, Hydroxypropyl methylcellulose, Rice Flour).
Current use of insulin.
Current use of CuraLin or any dietary supplement that has the same ingredients as CuraLin (see list of ingredients above).
Current use of the following lipid-lowering medications: Ezetimibe (Zetia), Cholestyramine (Prevalite, Questran, Questran Light), Colesevelam (Welchol), or Colestipol (Colestid, Colestid Flavored).
History of myocardial infarction or stroke within the last 6 months, current coronary artery disease, unstable angina, uncontrolled hypertension (i.e. systolic \> 180 or diastolic \> 110), congestive heart failure, or stated history of coronary bypass surgery or heart stent placement.
Current active diabetic ulcers or history of diabetic neuropathy.
Active malignancy, with the exception of basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma, and/or carcinoma in situ of the cervix.
Current diagnosis of Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth (SIBO), Small Intestinal Fungal Overgrowth (SIFO), Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD; i.e. Crohn's or Ulcerative Colitis), or other diagnosed pathology of the gastrointestinal tract (excluding Irritable Bowel Syndrome, \[IBS\]).
Presence of an unstable and/or significant medical disorder that would compromise the participant's safety to take part in the study.
Planned elective surgery within the next 12 weeks.
Pregnant, nursing, or planning a pregnancy within the next 12 weeks.
Women of childbearing age not using standard birth control measures.
History of liver and/or kidney disease.
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