Bitter Melon good for diabetes »
Posted By uwan123 8 months ago in Health & FitnessBitter melon, a tropical vegetable that can be found widely in South America, Africa, and Asia, and is also known as Balsam Pear. Folk medicine uses this for diabetes . The unripe fruit can lower the blood sugar from the extracted fresh fruit, and it is clearly shown on both clinical and experimental studies. There are several compounds in bitter melon that is confirmed to have anti-diabetic properties. A
hypoglycemic agent known as charantin which is extracted by alcohol and mixed with steroids is potent compared to Tolbutamide that is often used to treat diabetes . An insulin-like polypeptide Momordica also lowers sugar levels in the blood when injected to
type 1 diabetes . Administering an oral dosage of 50-60 ml of bitter melon juice shows good results in clinical tests.
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