Effect of Stevia Consumption and Aerobic Exercise on Fat Profile and Insulin Resistance in Type 2 Diabetic men

Aerobic exercises along with the use of herbal supplements are an effective way to control the complications of diabetes. The aim of this study was to study the effect of Stevia Oral consumption and aerobic exercise on fat profile and insulin resistance in type 2 diabetic men.

In this study, 28 men with type 2 diabetes were selected for purposeful and randomly divided into 4 groups of 7, Including aerobic exercise group, stevia consumption group, aerobic exercise group + stevia consumption and control group were divided. The exercise protocol was conducted for 8 weeks and 3 sessions each week, each session being 20-45 minutes. The outcome data was analyzed using Dependent T-test and Analyze of Covariance.

There was  a significant difference between the level of pre-test and post-test of HDL, LDL, cholesterol, fasting blood glucose, triglyceride, insulin resistance, insulin resistance and maximum oxygen in the two groups of aerobic exercise and aerobic exercise + Stevia supplements compared to the two groups of Stevia supplements and control (P≤0.05) LDL, cholesterol, fasting blood glucose, triglyceride, insulin, Insulin resistance, decreased and HDL and maximal oxygen levels increased (P≤0.05).

According to research, aerobic exercise appears to decrease cholesterol, insulin resistance, fasting blood sugar and triglycerides, but intake stevia supplements has little effect on related variables.