Conclusion
The investigation of present study revealed that second
treatment was more effective in improving the blood parameters of the subjects as compared to the first treatment as
nutrition counseling was imparted to them along with
supplementation whereas in first treatment only supplementation
was done. Nutrition intervention significantly (p≤0.01)
reduced the fasting blood glucose level (11.4% and 15.4%)
post prandial glucose level (18.5% and 27.8%), total
cholesterol (8.6% and 10.1%), triglycerides (9.6% and
12.2%), low density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) (12.8%
and 14.6%), very low density lipoprotein cholesterol (VLDLC)
(9.6% and 12.2%) and increased high density lipoprotein
cholesterol (HDL-C) (7.3% and 9.4%) of the subjects of
group II and III respectively. The ratio of total cholesterol to
HDL-C reduced from 5.6 to 4.8 and 6.1 to 5.0 and LDL-C to
HDL-C from 3.7 to 3.0 and 4.1 to 3.1 in the subjects of group
II and III respectively. Nutrition intervention also significantly
reduced the systolic blood pressure (7.9% and 11.1%),
diastolic blood pressure (6.5% and 8.1%) of the subjects of
group II and III respectively. Hence it can be inferred from
the results that supplementation of Aloe vera L. gel powder
along with nutrition counselling significantly reduced blood
glucose levels and blood pressure along with an improvement
in lipid profile in the non-insulin dependent diabetics.