Antacids are medicines that many of us use. They help make our stomach less acidic. This can ease problems like heartburn, indigestion, and upset stomach.
But new research shows that antacids might do more than that. They might also help control blood sugar in people with diabetes.
This is important because diabetes, especially type 2 diabetes, is a big health problem worldwide. Almost 10 out of every 100 people have it.
This study shows that antacids might be a new way to help control blood sugar.
Adding Antacids to Diabetes Care
People with diabetes usually have to change what they eat and do. They also have to take medicine or insulin. But this new study shows that adding antacids to this care can help even more.
It can help lower something called hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) levels and fasting blood sugar. This means that antacids might be another tool to help control blood sugar in people with diabetes.
What the Study Looked At
The researchers focused on a type of antacid called proton pump inhibitors (PPIs). They wanted to see how PPIs affect blood sugar in people with diabetes.
They also wanted to see if these medicines could stop people from getting diabetes.
The researchers looked at 7 studies that involved 342 people to see how PPIs affected blood sugar control. They also looked at 5 studies that involved 244,439 people to see if PPIs could prevent diabetes.
The researchers found that PPIs helped lower HbA1c levels by an average of 0.36% and fasting blood sugar levels by 10 mg/dl in people with diabetes. But for people without diabetes, PPIs didn’t seem to prevent the disease.
The researchers say people with diabetes should know about this. Antacids might help control blood sugar.
Doctors might also want to think about this when they give patients antacids. But it’s important to remember that antacids should be used with, not instead of, usual diabetes care.
The study, led by Carol Chiung-Hui Peng, was published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.
It showed that PPIs can help control blood sugar in people with diabetes. However, they don’t seem to stop people from getting diabetes.
The hope is that doctors will think about this when they treat people with diabetes. If doctors use antacids in the right way, it might help control blood sugar and make diabetes care better.
If you care about diabetes, please read studies about a cure for type 2 diabetes, and why insulin is more expensive for people with diabetes.
For more information about diabetes, please see recent studies about bone drugs that could lower the risk of type 2 diabetes, and results showing eating more eggs is linked to a higher risk of type 2 diabetes.
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