Three of sixteen reacted, all with glucose trouble nobody had spotted
Sixteen people with osteoarthritis drank glucose with and without 1,500 mg of glucosamine sulfate. Three showed a rise; thirteen did not, and insulin was unchanged.
What the study found
Three of sixteen showed a glucose rise, none knowing they were at risk
Sixteen people with osteoarthritis drank glucose with and without 1,500 mg of glucosamine sulfate. Three, whose glucose intolerance had never been diagnosed, showed a rise; thirteen did not, and insulin was unchanged. Clinical guidelines cite this study when they raise the possibility.
The caveat · Spotted only after the study began
Three people identified after the study began is a hypothesis rather than a finding, and the authors hedge their own conclusion accordingly. It was one dose alongside a 75 g glucose load, with no placebo group described. Larger reviews of fasting glucose over months and years find no such effect.
What we don't know
Three people identified after the study began is a hypothesis rather than a finding, and the authors hedge their own conclusion accordingly. It was one dose alongside a 75 g glucose load, with no placebo group described. Larger reviews of fasting glucose over months and years find no such effect.