Materials and methods
Ninety non-insulin dependent diabetic male patients in the
age group of 35–65 years free from serious complications
of diabetes were selected from the Punjab Agricultural
University and Civil hospitals of Ludhiana. Selection was
based on their fasting and post prandial blood glucose level
followed by blood pressure. The selected subjects were
divided into three groups viz. group I, II and III, each group
having thirty subjects each. The subjects of group I was
given no treatment. The subjects of group II and III were
given two treatments. In first treatment, the subjects of
group II and III were supplemented with 100 mg and
200 mg of Aloe vera L. gel powder respectively for a period of 3months and in second treatment i.e. nutrition intervention,
supplementation was continued along with nutrition counselling
for the next 3 months. The nutrition education was given
for 3 months after 15 days interval to the subjects of group II
and III through individual and group contact. Feeding trials
were carried out for a period of 6 months with daily dosage of
two capsules containing 50 mg powder each to group II and
100 mg powder each to group III. One capsule was given
immediately on rising and another after dinner.
General and diabetic information pertaining to age,
education, marital status, occupation, size and type of
family, physical activities, food habits, causes and symptoms
of the disease was recorded for all the subjects
through questionnaire schedule. Blood pressure was