date:Nov 26, 2012
nergy from fructose is commonly seen in a Western diet. Starting at six weeks, the extractgroups received an single injection of 5, 100 or 200 mg extract of urtica dioica daily for two weeks.
As a result, daily administration of fructose was correlated with a significantly increased fasting insulinresistance index, blood glucose and insulin and significantly decreased leptin. T he urtica dioicasupplement was associated with significantly decreased serum glucose, insulin, LDL and leptin, andLDL/