Camel Milk Has Beneficial Effects on Diabetes Mellitus: A Systematic Review

Abstract

ContextControlling diabetes, a worldwide metabolic disease, by effective alternative treatments is currently a topic of great interest. Camel milk is believed to be a suitable hypoglycemic agent in experimental animals and patients with diabetes. The current systematic review aimed at evaluating the effect of camel milk on diabetes.Evidence AcquisitionA comprehensive search was dine in PubMed and Scopus for all clinical trials and animal studies documented up to 2015, which focused on the effect of camel milk on diabetes markers. Studies which assessed the effects of camel milk, with no dose limit, on glucose parameters and lipid profiles in animals or humans with diabetes, were included. The quality of the included clinical trials was evaluated by the Delphi score checklist.ResultsThe initial search yielded 73 articles. After screening abstracts and full texts, 22 articles were included consisting of 11 animal studies and 11 clinical trials, 8 of which focused on type 1 diabetes and the other three on type 2diabetes. All animal studies except for 1 showed significant reductions in at least 1 of the diabetes parameters such as blood glucose, insulin resistance, glycated hemoglobin, and lipid profile. In most of the clinical trials, the recommended dose of camel milk was 500 mL/day, which led to improvement of diabetes markers even after 3 months in patients with diabetes.ConclusionsMost of the studies in the current systematic review demonstrated the favorable effects of camel milk on diabetes mellitus by reducing blood sugar, decreasing insulin resistance and improving lipid profiles.

Potential antioxidant bioactive peptides from camel milk proteins

“…Furthermore, camel milk is suggested to exert a number of therapeutic activities ( Hailu et al., 2016 , Mihic et al., 2016 ). Numerous studies suggest that camel milk has distinct therapeutic benefits, such as anti-diabetic ( Korish, 2014 , Korish et al., 2015 , Mirmiran et al., 2017 ), anti-toxic ( Al-Asmari et al., 2017 , Khan, 2017 ), anti-viral ( el Agamy et al., 1992 , El-Fakharany et al., 2017 , Lee et al., 2016 ), antibacterial ( Cardoso et al., 2013 , Rahimi and Kheirabadi, 2012 , Soliman et al., 2015 ), anti-rheumatoid arthritis ( Arab et al., 2017 ), anticancer ( Ayyash et al., 2017 , Chen et al., 2014 , Korashy et al., 2012 ), and wound healing ( Ebaid et al., 2015 , Ebaid et al., 2017 ) activities. In addition, camel milk has been used for centuries in the Middle East, Asian and North African cultures as a natural remedy for many common health problems ( Agrawal et al., 2011a , Agrawal et al., 2011b , Al-Ayadhi and Elamin, 2013 , Ehlayel et al., 2011a , Ehlayel et al., 2011b , Mohamad et al., 2009 , Mohamed et al., 2015 , Shori, 2015 ).…”

Compositional and Therapeutic Properties of Camel Milk: A Review

“…Camel's milk contains a small amount of fat, and here comes the first benefit for people with heart disease because fat is the most material cause problems of arteries, including strokes. It is important for the treatment diabetic due to its high proportion of insulin (Zagorski et al, 1998;El-Sayed et al, 2011;Malik et al, 2012;Shori, 2015;Mirmiran et al, 2017). Camel's milk is also useful for people with autism.…”

Miraculous Properties of Camel Milk and Perspective of Modern Science

“…Camel milk can be recognized by low level of fat and cholesterol, inclusion of vitamins and minerals and important source of insulin. It has been reviewed that camel milk can be useful for treating diabetes [28,29]. The level of insulin in camel milk was determined to high level of vitamin C and rich in zinc and magnesium.…”