Taking 2 grams of carnosine every day for about 3 months might help overweight people have lower insulin levels and less insulin resistance, possibly because carnosine helps clean up harmful molecules that mess with how insulin works in the body.

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Effect of carnosine supplementation on lipid profile, fasting blood glucose, HbA1C and insulin resistance: A systematic review and meta-analysis of long-term randomized controlled trials.

Systematic Review With Meta-Analysis

2020 Jan

The study tested carnosine supplements and found they did NOT improve insulin resistance (measured by HOMA-IR), which directly contradicts the claim that carnosine reduces insulin and insulin resistance in overweight individuals.

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