because a study showed that ,A study by researchers at the University of Calabar published in February 2012 edition of The Internet Journal of Tropical Medicine concluded, “we therefore conclude that extracts of Vernonia amygdalina and Ocimum gratissimum apart from their hypoglycemic actions could protect the heart against impairment and complete destruction due to diabetes.”,Please contribute .if there are other plants and fruits that have these effect as a result of bitter taste?
The ability of a plant to lower blood sugar levels is dependent on the presence of phytochemical constituents that have the ability to lower blood glucose via the utilisation of an array of mechanisms, e.g. presence, of gluosidase inhibitors, insulin secretagogue, antiinsulitic agents, free-radical scavengers. Plants dont need to have a bitter taste to contain such active phytochemicals. 'Bitter taste equals anti-diabetic effect' is just an urban myth.
There quite a number of herbs that have antidiabetic potential, Azadiracta indica, Morringa Oleifera, to mention a few, the taste of these herbs in my opinion have no bearing on their glucose lowering potential.
George Duke Mukoro,
We should not generalize that, there is a part of facts around. These facts come from the presence of flavonoids, the most common is black tea, that people with diabetes experienced low blood sugar when they drinking (without sugar).
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