HEALTH & DIABETICS: Dip in Dead Sea may help diabetics - Study!

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August 30, 2011 / AFP, Jerusalem / DC.

(File photo) People take bath at Dead Sea - AP.

Floating in the Dead Sea for just 20 minutes may help diabetics lower blood sugar levels, according to a study by Israeli researchers highlighted in Haaretz on Tuesday.

The research was carried out by scientists from Ben Gurion University and Soroka Medical Centre in Beersheva, both in Israel's Negev desert, the paper said.

In the experiment, 14 people with Type 2 diabetes, aged 18 to 65, showed a significant drop in blood glucose levels after sitting for 20 minutes in a pool of Dead Sea water.

Glucose levels dropped on average from 163 to 151 milligrams per decilitre (mg/dl) - 13.5 percent - immediately afterwards, according to the report. Blood sugar dropped even further to 141.3 mg/dl after an hour's dip in the water.

The bathing experience did not appear to have any negative effect on other blood values such as levels of insulin, cortisone hormones or c-peptide, the researchers said.

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