Join Diabetes Research
The University of British Columbia invites Canadians with Diabetes to try a supplement.
Ketones may help lower blood sugar levels, and this study wants to measure whether this is feasible in the real world. Payment for contributing to science will be awarded to all participants.
Research center
The university of British Columbia. The research is sponsored by the Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR).
Lead Researcher
This research study is led by Dr. Jonathan Little, PHD at UBC Okanagan.
Have questions?
Call 250-807-9122 to learn more. UBC has partnered with Wayturn to find participants for this study.
Why Join?
A Ketone supplement is an easy way to increase the ketones in your blood, which might be able to help individuals living with diabetes manage blood sugar levels.
- 90 days of free ketone drinks
- Participants will be paid for their time and effort.
- Participate from home.
Who can Join?
Participants need to be between 30 and 69 years old, live near Vancouver or Kelowna, and be currently managing their diabetes without insulin. Those who diet to lose or gain weight are also excluded as this might affect the study results.
- Ages 30 to 69.
- Diagnosed with type 2 diabetes by a physician.
- NOT Currently gaining or losing weight
- Residents of Kelowna and Vancouver
90 days of free ketone drinks
Studies have shown that ketone supplements might be able to lower blood sugar without having to make any other changes to your diet.
Participate from home.
Residents of Kelowna and Vancouver are invited to join. 36 people in total will be selected to join this study.
Have questions?
Call 250-807-9122 to learn more. UBC has partnered with Wayturn to find participants for this study.
Additional study information
The University of British Columbia invites 36 people with diabetes type 2 for research on a natural supplement. This supplement is a ketone drink.
Many diabetes medications have side effects, but ketones are a naturally occuring alternative that provide a promising alternative.
Ketones are produced by your body when you are not consuming many carbohydrates. Ketones are a source of energy for your body, but they also change how some cells function.
A Ketone supplement is an easy way to increase the ketones in your blood, which might be able to help individuals living with diabetes manage blood sugar levels.
Oral ketone supplements have recently been developed. Before this, the only way to increase ketones was through a strict keto diet or fasting. Ketone salts can be hard on the stomach, and were the first to be developed. A single dose of this modern ketone supplement might lower blood glucose levels.
If you join, you will drink the supplement daily for 3 months.
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Lead Researcher profile
Jonathan Little is an Associate Professor in the School of Health and Exercise Sciences at the University of British Columbia Okanagan campus.
He was first introduced to research as an undergraduate summer student working in the laboratory of Dr. Martin Gibala at McMaster University and was quickly hooked.
After pursuing an MSc degree at the University of Saskatchewan focusing on sports nutrition he returned to McMaster to complete his Ph.D. focusing on muscle mitochondrial adaptations to exercise in healthy humans and individuals with type 2 diabetes. These experiences gave him a strong background in human exercise physiology and metabolism.
In his postdoctoral fellowship at UBC, he explored how metabolic disruptions associated with obesity and type 2 diabetes (e.g., high glucose, hyperlipidemia) impacted inflammatory activation of isolated cells.
At UBC Okanagan, he leads the Exercise Metabolism and Inflammation Laboratory, where his research team has the goal of optimizing lifestyle interventions to prevent, treat, or reverse type 2 diabetes.
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