Nanny Djaja
Rumah Sakit Atma Jaya, Indonesia
Rumah Sakit Gading Pluit, Indonesia
Posters & Accepted Abstracts: J Diabetes Metab
Background: A therapy for type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) is starting to evolve rapidly. Traditional food can be used as a controller of blood glucose levels. One of the light meals that can control the blood glucose level is Jali or Coix Lacryma-jobi. Method: The design research is a pre and post experimental quantitative research. The samples are 30 people with type 2 DM patients who are hospitalized at Atma Jaya Hospital Pluit. The participants of this research will be measured of their fasting blood glucose level, and after theyâ??re eating jali porridge, their blood glucose levels will be measured again after two hours afters of eating jali porridge. The data collection is three times from each inpatient with type 2 DM at Atma Jaya hospital. Result: The average of fasting blood glucose level is 180±64 and the average of 2 hours post prandial blood glucose level is at 185±52. There is no significant change as the results of this statistical research between fasting blood glucose level and 2 hours post prandial blood glucose level after taking jali porridge with p = 0.562. Conclusion: Jali can be useful as a breakfast for diabetic patient as it may help to lower blood glucose levels, although the decrement of blood glucose level is not too significant.
Email: nanny.djaja@yahoo.com
