CLINICAL STUDY OF VITAMIN INFLUENCE IN DIABETES MELLITUS

Vitamin deficiency is a result of an inadequate diet. Education on the importance of trace nutrients in diabetic patients with poor blood sugar control is examined. Those who prepare meals must consider the loss of vitamins in the process of cooking. Our study also suggested that marginal vitamin deficiency plays an indirect but important role in the development of diabetic complications. Vitamin C as altering total cholesterol and vitamin E as altering triglyceride could modify diabetic retinopathy. Pharmacologically, niacin might be responsible for the decrease in lipoprotein (a) and vitamin C would inhibit the influence of rapid blood glucose control on diabetic retinopathy.